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U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts rebuked President Donald Trump over his criticism of a federal judge who blocked his administration’s new policy suspending the entry of immigrants seeking asylum.

Roberts said, "We do not have Obama judges or Trump judges, Bush judges or Clinton judges,” in a rare statement released by the U.S. Supreme Court’s press office, which was first reported by the Associated Press.

The Chief Justice added, “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."

Roberts’ comment came after the Associated Press inquired about Trump’s latest attack on the 9^th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

Trump called the 9^th Circuit Court of Appeals a “disgrace”

On Tuesday, Trump told reporters, “You go to the 9^th Circuit and it’s a disgrace. I'm going to put in a major complaint. Because you cannot win, if you're us…Every case gets filed in the 9th Circuit. ... We get beaten, and then we end up having to go to the Supreme Court -- like the travel ban -- and we won.

The President went on to say, “Everybody who wants to sue the United States” is filing a case in the 9^th Circuit because “it means an automatic loss” for his administration.

“No matter what you do, no matter how good your case is. The 9^th Circuit is really something we really have to look at because it’s not fair…It’s a disgrace in my opinion. It’s a disgrace what happens in the 9^th Circuit,” said Trump.

Trump also dismissed U.S. District Court Judge Jon Tigar’s decision against his administration’s asylum policy. He called Tigar an “Obama judge.”

In his ruling, Tigar stated that the President “may not rewrite the immigration laws to impose a condition that Congress has expressly forbidden.”

Trump said, “I’ll tell you what, it’s not going to happen like this anymore,” referring to the judge’s ruling.