Trump hits back after rebuke from US chief justice

Donald Trump has continued his spat with the chief justice of the United States supreme court after Justice John Roberts rebuked the president for describing a judge who ruled against his latest immigration order as an “Obama judge”. In an unusual criticism of a sitting US president, Justice Roberts said in a statement: “We do not have Obama judges or Trump judges, Bush judges or Clinton judges. What we have is an extraordinary group of dedicated judges doing their level best to do equal right to those appearing before them. That independent judiciary is something we should all be thankful for.” His statement, issued by the supreme court in response to a request for comment by the Associated Press, came as Mr. Trump hit out at US district judge Jon Tigar, who ruled against the president’s order to prohibit immigrants who enter the US without crossing through dedicated points of entry from claiming asylum.