WATCH: Seattle Judge James Robart Says ‘Black Lives Matter’ in Court

Watch federal judge James Robart's #BlackLivesMatter declaration, plus his challenge to Seattle's police union. pic.twitter.com/UDgQl2XCiu

— Ansel Herz (@Ansel) August 23, 2016

The federal judge who temporarily stopped Donald Trump’s immigration ban executive order once caused controversy by emotionally saying “black lives matter” in a hearing in which he sided against Seattle’s police union. James Robart, who was nominated to the federal bench by George W. Bush in 2004, issued the temporary restraining order on February 3, forbidding federal employees from implementing Trump’s seven-country immigration ban.

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