Posted on 05/28/2019 11:48:25 PM PDT by vannrox
A group of three Obama-appointed federal judges struck down Trump's border wall and allowed Congress to subpoena Trump in bold rulings.
U.S. District Judge Haywood Gilliam Jr., Edgardo Ramos and Amit Mehta challenged President Donald Trump's administration with rulings over the last week.
According to The Associated Press, Gilliam Jr. ruled against the construction of parts of Trump's border wall. The decision will prevent the Trump administration from diverting funds allocated to a national emergency.
On May 20, U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta ruled Trump must comply with a Congressional subpoena that will ask for financial records since 2011. And Ramos ruled banks that have conducted business with Trump and his family must turn over financial records.
Trump expressed outrage over the rulings pointing out they were both appointed by Obama. The business mogul specifically named Mehta in his grievances.
"As far as the financials are concerned, we think it’s totally the wrong decision by, obviously, an Obama-appointed judge,” he told reporters last week after the ruling. “He was a recent Obama-appointed judge.”
Critics have complained about all three judges donating to former Obama presidential campaigns. According to election records via The Epoch Times, Gilliam donated to his campaigns dating back to 2007. The judge sent $13,500 to Obama for America and Obama Victory Fund 2012. There was also a donation of $4,500 to the Democratic National Committee.
The decision to block the wall allows for the American Civil Liberties Union and the state attorneys general of 19 states to move forward with their lawsuits against the Trump administration.
“This order is a win for our system of checks and balances, the rule of law, and border communities,” Dror Ladin, an attorney for the ACLU told The AP, which represented the Sierra Club and the Southern Border Communities Coalition.
Earlier this year, Trump orchestrated a government shutdown in hopes of receiving 5.7 billion dollars to fund the wall.
Interesting site. It’s worth a stroll and a peek.
Three losers bark like yapping dogs..
If we didn’t know any better, we might start to suspect that this is all part of Obama’s deepstate ‘get Trump’ coup attempt.
First paragraph and already you know this article is a waste of time.
Let's see what higher courts say, not just lowly district judges appointed by Obama.
Some judges need to be put in their place then.
No president has ever had to deal with such a constant barrage of resistance and attacks. It’s extraordinary.
Everyday, the left fights against the protection and sovereignty of the USA.
Obama’s OFA crew calling on his activist judicial bench again.
It's demonic.
Oh, couldn’t be....
Haywood Gilliam Jr., Edgardo Ramos and Amit Mehta (obammie’s people)
May they rot in hell where they belong!
It is glaringly obvious that there is no third option.
It’s OUR wall, not Trump’s
Hey dumbass Chief Justice, do you understand now what an “Obama Judge” is ?
They require the Oliver Cromwell solution.
DISTRICT COURTS DO NOT HAVE NATION-WIDE JURISDICTION.
ONLY WITHIN THEIR DISTRICTS.
Jeez i wish the three branches would reign this unconstitutional crap in.
Plus district courts cannot stop an eo based on a declared national emergency by the president.
I’d tell you where their place is, but Jim won’t like it.
How about the Pinochet helicopter ride?
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