The Seattle judge derided by President Donald Trump on Twitter Saturday after blocking Trump's executive order on immigration is known for his conservative legal views, for a record of helping disadvantaged children that includes fostering six of them, and for dramatically declaring "black lives matter" during a hearing on police reform in 2015. 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." "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. "Working with people who have an immediate need and an immediate problem that you are able to help with is the most satisfying aspect of the practice of law," Robart said then.

Source: ABC News February 04, 2017 21:33 UTC