As the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in California is expected to rule on the travel ban any day now, Mr. Trump appears to be turning it into a battle for public opinion rather than judicial validation, continuing with the attack on the judges. Mr. Trump has called the judges “disgraceful” and even pre-emptively blamed them for any future terror attacks in the U.S., were they not to uphold the travel ban.
The case will reach the Supreme Court, as will a host of other moves promised by the administration and the Republican-majority Congress, which will turn the U.S. judiciary into a battlefield for Mr. Trump and his opponents.
