White House says judges balking at Trump’s actions are provoking a ‘constitutional crisis’

WASHINGTON — The White House said Wednesday that court rulings going against the Trump administration are coming from “judicial activists” on the bench whose decisions amount to a “constitutional crisis.”

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt made the comments as she pushed back against critics of Republican President Donald Trump’s expansive actions.

“We believe these judges are acting as judicial activists rather than honest arbiters of the law,” Leavitt said.