On Saturday Night Live, Alec Baldwin's Donald Trump made good on his -- and his press secretary's -- promise to see the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals judges in court.

More specifically, The People's Court of television fame.

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Melissa McCarthy as White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer assured the gathered press corps in SNL's cold open that the president would be taking the fight over his seven-nation travel ban to the most reputable televised court in the land, and the show did not disappoint.

"Mr. Trump, you understand this is a TV court, right?" asked Cecily Strong as The People's Courtjudge.

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"That's ok, I'm a TV president," Baldwin responded in his only Trump impression reprisal of the evening.

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He was as brash and sexist in his portrayal of America's 45th president as ever. "Thank you judge. Or, what do you call a lady judge? A flight attendant?" he quipped.

In an effort to gain favor, Trump called in a character witness. A member of the family, someone who knows him better than anyone else: Shirtless Vladimir Putin, of course.

"He's my little American Happy Meal," Beck Bennett said, as the ever-topless Russian president.

But the judge was having none of it, and made one simple request of Trump: "I want one day without a CNN alert that scares the hell out of me," she said.

Don't we all.

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