Black Federal Judge Issues Powerful Rebuke Of Trump, Likens Attacks On The Courts To KKK Tactics

Carlton Reeves, an African American Federal District Court Judge issued a powerful rebuke of Donald Trump over his assault on the courts.

During a speech at the Judge Reeves said:

"When politicians attack courts as “dangerous,” “political,” and guilty of “egregious overreach,” you can hear the Klan’s lawyers, assailing officers of the court across the South. When leaders chastise people for merely “us[ing] the courts,” you can hear the Citizens Council, hammering up the names of black petitioners in Yazoo City. When the powerful accuse courts of “open[ing] up our country to potential terrorists,” you can hear the Southern Manifesto’s authors, smearing the judiciary for simply upholding the rights of black folk. When lawmakers say “we should get rid of judges,” you can hear segregationist Senators, writing bills to strip courts of their power."

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