Chief Justices tries to ignore obvious forum shopping by Democrat groups trying to thwart Trump policies

Washington Times:
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. issued a striking rebuff to President Trump on Wednesday, saying there is no such thing as “Obama judges or Trump judges” and insisting the country’s federal judges uphold their independence from politics.

The scolding — unprecedented for Chief Justice Roberts — took the legal world by surprise and irked Mr. Trump, who responded with a barrage of tweets defending his complaints about anti-Trump judges and telling the judiciary’s leader that his underlings are threatening the country’s security with their rulings.

“Sorry Chief Justice John Roberts, but you do indeed have ‘Obama judges,’ and they have a much different point of view than the people who are charged with the safety of our country,” the president tweeted Wednesday.

Mr. Trump took to Twitter Thursday morning again in response to Chief Justice Roberts’ rebuke.

“Justice Roberts can say what he wants, but the 9th Circuit is a complete & total disaster. It is out of control, has a horrible reputation, is overturned more than any Circuit in the Country, 79%, & is used to get an almost guaranteed result. Judges must not Legislate Security and Safety at the Border, or anywhere else. They know nothing about it and are making our Country unsafe. Our great Law Enforcement professionals MUST BE ALLOWED TO DO THEIR JOB! If not there will be only bedlam, chaos, injury and death. We want the Constitution as written!” Mr. Trump tweeted.
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The president had complained that anti-Trump activists were running to file cases in the 9th Circuit because the judges there wouldn’t given his administration a fair hearing.
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Roberts was defending the judiciary, but Trump was not wrong about the Ninth Circuit and the forum shopping for liberal judges like those appointed by Obama.  If the opponents of Trump's policies were not forum shopping they could have filed their cases in the DC circuit or in the Fifth circuit which has handled many immigration-related cases in recent years and unlike the Ninth Circuit, those rulings have been upheld.

Roberts needs to recognize that the courts have a problem because of the activist liberal judges with an anti-Trump bias.

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