Supreme Court Nominee Gorsuch Condemns Trump’s Attacks on Judges 🚫

Donald Trump’s nominee for the US Supreme Court Neil Gorsuch has criticised the president’s Twitter attacks on judges as “demoralising” and “abhorrent”.<br /><br /> He did not do so publicly, but his comments were confirmed by a Democratic Senator who met him on Wednesday, and his own spokesman – Ron Bonjean, a Republican strategist. <br /><br /> The senator, Richard Blumenthal who represents Connecticut, is on the Judiciary Committee due to hold a hearing to confirm Gorsuch’s appointment. Republicans will need Democratic votes to see the nomination through the Senate.<br /><br /> Blumenthal told reporters after his meeting with Gorsuch that he hoped the nominee would “be more vehement publicly” in his criticism of Trump.<br /><br /> “He certainly expressed to me that he is disheartened by the demoralising, abhorrent comments made by President Trump about the judiciary,” the Senator said.<br /><br /> The president used several Tweets to launch an attack on the “so-called” judge who put on ice his temporary travel ban on refugees and people from some Muslim-majority countries, calling the decision “ridiculous”.<br /><br /> The opinion of this so-called judge, which essentially takes law-enforcement away from our country, is ridiculous and will be overturned!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 4, 2017<br /> <br /><br /> On Wednesday Donald Trump broadened his attack in an address to police and law enforcement officers in Washington.<br /><br /> “Courts seem to be so political and it would be so great for our justice system if they would be able to read a statement and do what is right,” the president said.<br /><br /> He read from the law he cited to justify the travel ban, quoting it selectively and adding his own interpretation. He argued the law clearly allowed a president to suspend any classes of people from entering the country if he believed they threatened national security. <br /><br /> The row comes as a federal appeals court in San Francisco considering the travel ban is due to rule in the coming days.<br /><br /> It is expected to decide on whether US District Judge James Robart acted properly in temporarily halting the enforcement of Trump’s ban.<br /><br /> The case is likely to end up in the US Supreme Court, which is ideologically split with four liberal justices and four conservatives – pending the Senate’s decision on Trump’s nomination of Gorsuch, a conservative.<br /><br /> Richard Blumenthal: GOP Must Address Trump's Attack On Courts https://t.co/mfiqfz4iY3— Alasdair Sandford (@SandforAlasdair) February 9, 2017<br />