President Trump addressed the legal battle over his immigration ban on Wednesday morning, saying the courts "seem so political."
Speaking to a gathering of sheriffs and police chiefs in Washington, D.C., Trump said he had watched television coverage of the oral arguments before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday night "in amazement" and that he "heard things that I couldn't believe."
A three-judge panel of the appeals court is weighing a ruling by a lower court judge that blocked Trump's ban while the case proceeds; it is expected to issue its ruling later this week.
"I don't ever want to call a court biased," Trump said. "But courts seem to be so political, and it would be so great for our justice system if they would be able to read a statement and do what's right."