The judge made the most high-profile ruling of his tenure Friday when he temporarily invalidated Trump's ban on travel to the U.S. from seven primarily Muslim nations. The ruling did not sit well with the president, who on Twitter called Robart a "so-called judge" and the ruling "ridiculous." John McKay, who worked with Robart for a decade at the law firm of Lane Powell Spears Lubersky. "He's a very careful judge, and he's conservative in the sense he looks at the law and tries to determine what that is, not what he wants. He's conservative in his review of the law, but courageous in his application of it."

Source: Los Angeles Times February 05, 2017 01:07 UTC