washington donald trump supreme court nominee neil gorsuch wednesday describe demoralize dishearten u.s. president twitter attack judge suspend trump travel ban seven muslim-majority countries spokesman gorsuch say gorsuch comment come federal appeal court san francisco expect decide come days narrow question whether u.s. district judge jam robart act properly temporarily halt enforcement trump ban republican strategist hire white house help guide gorsuch nomination u.s. senate say gorsuch appeal court judge use word meet democratic senator richard blumenthal trump take office jan. 20 take twitter weekend condemn friday night order robart place hold president jan. 27 temporary travel ban people seven countries refugees trump call robart so-called judge whose ridiculous opinion essentially take law-enforcement away country trump administration appeal robart rule three-judge federal appeal panel hear oral arguments tuesday presidents usually hesitant weigh judicial matter respect u.s. constitution ensure separation power among president executive branch congress judiciary republican-led senate wednesday confirm immigration hardline republican senator jeff sessions next attorney general despite strong democratic opposition trump say executive order aim head attack islamist militants order divisive act trump young presidency spark protest chaos u.s. overseas airports critics say ban unfairly target people religion ever want call court bias trump tell hundreds police chiefs sheriffs major cities meet washington hotel wednesday call bias decision yet court seem political trump nominate gorsuch jan. 31 succeed conservative justice antonin scalia nine-member supreme court scalia die year ago month blumenthal member judiciary committee hold confirmation hear gorsuch say nominee responsibility reassure americans would open-minded independent jurist go public concern trump appeal court decision whether reinstate ban first step fast-moving case court ultimately address question extent president power matter immigration national security traditionally judge extremely cautious step executive branch authority matter legal experts say although note implementation trump order present unique issue trump order bar travelers iran iraq libya somalia sudan syria yemen enter 90 days refugees 120 days except civil war-torn syria subject indefinite ban also issue whether order violate provision u.s. constitution prohibit laws favor one religion another along relevant discrimination laws trump republican make extensive use presidential directives bypass congress appear take aback legal challenge travel order praise federal judge boston early rule favor travel ban highly respect jurist whose find perfect last year trump accuse indiana-born u.s. district judge gonzalo curiel bias oversee lawsuit one trump businesses trump university mexican heritage democrats critics call trump comment toward judiciary attack core principle american democracy court independent uphold rule law meet law enforcement officials trump read law cite justify travel ban quote fragment sprinkle bits interpretation say law clearly allow president suspend entry class people determine detriment national security matter likely go u.s. supreme court ideologically split four liberal justices four conservatives pending senate action trump nomination gorsuch conservative jurist u.s. state department figure show 480 refugees admit unite state since robart order go effect include 168 wednesday admit 198 war-torn syria trump 's supreme court pick dispirit president 's tweet