President Trump on Wednesday  vowed to drag California jurisdictions all the way to the Supreme court  after  a federal judge there stopped him from withholding funds to penalize them for shielding illegal immigrants.

Trump who has also been blocked twice by the courts from imposing a temporary travel ban on visitors from select Muslim-majority countries, expressed frustration that once again a judge in a single district could thwart him from taking action. The judge who issued the latest ruling hails from California, the same state as the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, which heard the previous cases.

“First the Ninth Circuit rules against the ban & now it hits again on sanctuary cities-both ridiculous rulings,” Trump wrote on Twitter. “See you in the Supreme Court!”

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First the Ninth Circuit rules against the ban & now it hits again on sanctuary cities-both ridiculous rulings. See you in the Supreme Court!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 26, 2017

The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has not yet actually heard the case, just a district court judge in California, where the appeals court is also based. Under normal procedures, the district court judge’s ruling would have to be appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, which would rule before it could be brought to the Supreme Court.

President  Trump’s confidence in a future victory at the Supreme Court stems from the successful confirmation of his appointment of Justice Neil Gorsuch. In the sanctuary city case, Judge William H. Orrick of the Federal District Court for the Northern District of California, in San Francisco, issued a temporary injunction on Tuesday preventing the president from holding back billions in federal funding from jurisdictions like San Francisco and Santa Clara County, which filed the lawsuit.

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 Trump who signed an exective order just  after becoming president that targeted cities and limited their cooperation with federal immigration authorities by, for example, refusing in some instances to turn over illegal immigrants held in local jails on other matters or preventing local police officers from inquiring about immigration status. The White House reacted with scorn to Judge Orrick’s ruling.

First the Ninth Circuit rules against the ban & now it hits again on sanctuary cities-both ridiculous rulings. See you in the Supreme Court!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 26, 2017

 

…the Ninth Circuit, which has a terrible record of being overturned (close to 80%). They used to call this "judge shopping!" Messy system.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 26, 2017