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4	4	STSESSION H. RES. 188
5	5	Affirming the obligation of the President of the United States to comply
6	6	with court orders.
7	7	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
8	8	MARCH4, 2025
9	9	Mr. M
10	10	ULLIN(for himself, Mrs. RAMIREZ, Ms. WILLIAMSof Georgia, Ms. NOR-
11	11	TON, Ms. CLARKEof New York, Mr. THOMPSONof Mississippi, Ms.
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13	13	LAIB, Mrs. WATSONCOLEMAN, Mr. THANEDAR, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr.
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15	15	RIJALVA, Mr. SOTO, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mr. SWALWELL, Mrs. TORRESof
16	16	California, Mr. K
17	17	HANNA, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mrs. MCIVER, Ms. KELLYof
18	18	Illinois, and Mr. G
19	19	REENof Texas) submitted the following resolution;
20	20	which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
21	21	RESOLUTION
22	22	Affirming the obligation of the President of the United
23	23	States to comply with court orders.
24	24	Whereas the United States District Court for the Western
25	25	District of Washington on January 23, 2025, the United
26	26	States District Court for the District of Maryland on
27	27	February 5, 2025, and the United States District Court
28	28	for the District of New Hampshire on February 10,
29	29	2025, issued temporary restraining orders to prevent
30	30	President of the United States Donald J. Trump from
31	31	enforcing or implementing his executive order that would
32	32	deny citizenship to individuals born in the United States;
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35	35	•HRES 188 IH
36	36	Whereas the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth
37	37	Circuit on February 20, 2025, denied an emergency re-
38	38	quest to lift an injunction on President Trump’s execu-
39	39	tive order that would deny citizenship to individuals born
40	40	in the United States;
41	41	Whereas the United States District Court for the District of
42	42	Columbia on January 28, 2025, and the United States
43	43	District Court for the District of Rhode Island on Janu-
44	44	ary 31, 2025, and again on February 10, 2025, issued
45	45	temporary restraining orders to prevent the Trump ad-
46	46	ministration from pausing, freezing, or terminating Fed-
47	47	eral funds appropriated by Congress;
48	48	Whereas the United States District Court for the Southern
49	49	District of New York issued a temporary order on Feb-
50	50	ruary 8, 2025, preventing President Trump from grant-
51	51	ing access to Treasury Department payment records and
52	52	systems to any individual other than civil servants with
53	53	a need for access to perform their job duties;
54	54	Whereas the United States District Court for the District of
55	55	Columbia on February 25, 2025, entered a preliminary
56	56	injunction preventing the Office of Management and
57	57	Budget from implementing, giving effect to, or rein-
58	58	stating a memorandum freezing all federal financial as-
59	59	sistance under open awards;
60	60	Whereas the United States District Court for the Southern
61	61	District of New York on February 21, 2025, granted a
62	62	preliminary injunction barring the Treasury Department
63	63	from granting any member of the DOGE team access to
64	64	payment records, payment systems, or any other data
65	65	systems maintained by the Treasury Department;
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68	68	•HRES 188 IH
69	69	Whereas the United States District Court for the Northern
70	70	District of California on February 27, 2025, issued a
71	71	temporary restraining order requiring the Office of Per-
72	72	sonnel and Management to rescind a directive to termi-
73	73	nate employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs,
74	74	the National Park Service, the Small Business Adminis-
75	75	tration, the Bureau of Land Management, the Depart-
76	76	ment of Defense, and the Fish and Wildlife Service;
77	77	Whereas, on February 9, 2025, Vice President of the United
78	78	States J.D. Vance declared on X: ‘‘Judges aren’t allowed
79	79	to control the executive’s legitimate power’’;
80	80	Whereas, on February 15, 2025, President Trump declared
81	81	on X: ‘‘He who saves his Country does not violate any
82	82	Law’’;
83	83	Whereas it has been established since 1803 in Marbury v.
84	84	Madison that it is ‘‘the province and duty of the judicial
85	85	department to say what the law is’’, and it has been fur-
86	86	ther established since 1952 in Youngstown Sheet & Tube
87	87	Co. v. Sawyer that the President’s power ‘‘must stem ei-
88	88	ther from an Act of Congress or from the Constitution’’;
89	89	Whereas the United States Constitution, and hundreds of
90	90	years of common law tradition, require all persons to
91	91	comply with orders issued by duly established courts of
92	92	jurisdiction;
93	93	Whereas the legal process allows for the opportunity to ap-
94	94	peal a decision with which a litigant disagrees;
95	95	Whereas the duty to abide by a court order applies equally
96	96	to all persons of the United States, including but not lim-
97	97	ited to government lawyers, all of whom must practice
98	98	law in accordance with federal and state law;
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101	101	•HRES 188 IH
102	102	Whereas those who defy a court order must be held account-
103	103	able by our legal system; and
104	104	Whereas failing to comply with court orders puts the rule of
105	105	law and the separation of powers established by the Con-
106	106	stitution in grave jeopardy: Now, therefore, be it
107	107	Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 1
108	108	(1) affirms the essential role of the judiciary in 2
109	109	upholding checks and balances among the three co-3
110	110	equal branches of the United States Government; 4
111	111	(2) calls on President Donald J. Trump and his 5
112	112	administration to immediately comply with all exist-6
113	113	ing court orders and decisions going forward; and 7
114	114	(3) affirms the judiciary’s authority to use all 8
115	115	of the tools given to it by the Constitution and Con-9
116	116	gress to enforce its orders. 10
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