Just hours after President Trump called a judge who attempted to halt the deportation of more than 200 migrants to El Salvador a «radical left lunatic» and called for the judge's impeachment, Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. made a rare public statement. «For more than two centuries, it has been established that impeachment is not an adequate response to disagreements over a judicial decision, — he wrote. — There is a regular appellate review process for this purpose».
In 2018, Roberts already reminded of the independence and integrity of the federal judiciary after Trump called a judge who ruled against his administration's asylum policy an «Obama judge». Roberts responded that this was a profound misunderstanding of a judge's role.
«We do not have Obama judges or Trump judges, Bush judges or Clinton judges», — he said. — We have an extraordinary group of dedicated judges doing their level best to ensure equal rights for those appearing before them. We should all be thankful for this independent judicial system».