A White House statement Tuesday about a federal district judge's ruling on Trump's executive order on “sanctuary cities” did not mince words. Echoing Robart, the appeals court judges asserted the judiciary's ability to check the president's power. He called the Hawaii judge's ruling “terrible” during a rally in Nashville and said it was politically motivated. U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel was the target of racially tinged remarks by the Republican presidential nominee last June. READ MORE:A judge rules Trump may have incited violence … and Trump again has his own mouth to blameAppeals court judges rebuke Trump for ‘personal attacks’ on judiciary, ‘intimidation’

Source: Washington Post April 26, 2017 19:36 UTC