[Hoot Gibson]

That is funny. Roberts saying there are no 'Obama judges,' when they're the absolute ONLY ones out there ordering stays on the rightful power of the executive branch is beyond insulting to the public trust.

Roberts can mix in every president who ever appointed a judge if he so chooses. But Derrick Watson and Jon S. Tigar are both Obama appointees. End of story

If you recall, Antonin Scalia defended Ruth Bader Ginsburg against personal attacks by conservatives. Our federal court system is shaped by presidential elections and that is what our founders intended. Once they are nominated and confirmed, they are all federal judges. Some ultimately reflect the political philosophies of the presidents who appointed them, and some become great disappointments to the appointing president.

One of the most important jobs that a president has is to make sound nominations of federal judges and to get his appointments confirmed by the Senate. IMO, it is counter productive for sitting presidents to make political attacks against federal judges. Trump should leave such attacks to his allies in the conservative media and conservative politicians who are not trusted with making appointments to the federal courts.

There is nothing wrong with a president expressing disappointment with adverse decisions and optimism that his administration will prevail on appeal - but that is the extent to which a sitting president should personally comment on ongoing litigation.

It was okay for candidate Trump to criticize the federal courts' liberal bias, but it is not presidential for President Trump to do so. He has the power to change the system and he should rightfully and energetically be exercising that power, but labeling sitting judges as Obama-judges tarnishes his own appointments, IMO. In doing so, Trump is feeding an image of a president who is balancing left wing judges with his own right wing appointments, when he should be touting the professionalism, qualifications, and competence of his nominees.