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The POTUS does not respect our nation’s justice system. This week, speaking to reporters, Trump described the U.S. justice system as “a joke” and “a laughingstock.”

This isn’t the first time President Trump has besmirched the judiciary: he has targeted federal judges for personal attacks, including calling U.S. District Judge James Robart a “so-called judge” when he blocked his illegal travel ban. And on the campaign trail, he attacked U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel, who presided over the Trump University fraud case, specifically citing his Mexican heritage as a “conflict of interest.”

Over and over we see how our low life president lacks even a basic respect for the U.S. Constitution, the rule of law and separation of powers. When he tries to bully judges or disparages our justice system, he undermines a fundamental institution of our democracy.