Federal Judge James L. Robart, who brought President Donald Trump’s attempt to block people from certain countries from entering the United States to a screeching halt, has lived much of his life out of the spotlight.
Until now.
Robart’s ruling Friday that temporarily invalidates Trump’s effort to block entry into America to citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries elicited a response from the president, who rarely lets any slight go unanswered.
And sure enough, Trump’s retort was quick to come: On Saturday morning, the president tweeted that the decision of this “so-called judge” would not stand.
What little is known of Robart, who’s based out of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington state, suggests that he is a soft-spoken yet fearless man — someone of deep convictions and a jurist who does not mince words.
He suggested in court that Trump’s 90-day entry ban on people from the countries of Iraq, Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen was not “rationally based,” since no one from any those countries had been arrested in the U.S. on terrorism-related charges since 9/11.
And, in his quiet and measured way, he was scathing about the implementation of Trump’s order.
“I’m sorry, there’s no other way to put it,” Robarts said from the bench.
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