Whereas Article III of the United States Constitution establishes the Federal judiciary as an independent and co-equal branch of government; Whereas, in Federalist Number 78, Alexander Hamilton wrote that The complete independence of the courts of justice is peculiarly essential in a limited Constitution ; Whereas the Supreme Court has reaffirmed the principle of judicial independence for more than 200 years, beginning with the foundational case of Marbury v. Madison, in which Court ruled that It is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is ; Whereas the judiciary is the crown jewel of our constitutional system; Whereas personal attacks on the character and integrity of a sitting Federal judge by a Federal official is contrary to longstanding tradition, and undermines the principle of judicial independence; Whereas, in June of 2016, then-candidate Donald Trump impugned the motives of Judge Gonzalo Curiel, who presided over litigation related to Trump University, by declaring that Judge Curiel was a total disgrace who had an absolute conflict because of his Mexican heritage; Whereas, on February 3, 2017, Judge James L. Robart, Federal District Judge for the Western District of Washington, placed a temporary stay on the Executive order titled Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States ; Whereas, in response to Judge Robart’s Order, President Trump tweeted, The opinion of this so-called judge, which essentially takes law-enforcement away from our country, is ridiculous and will be overturned! ; Whereas several of President Trump’s subsequent tweets both attacked Judge Robart specifically, and the court system more generally, including: (1) What is our country coming to when a judge can halt a Homeland Security travel ban and anyone, even with bad intentions, can come into U.S.? ; (2) Because the ban was lifted by a judge, many very bad and dangerous people may be pouring into our country. A terrible decision.