Republican files impeachment against judge who ruled against Trump deportations

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: The Hill

03/18/25 2:00 PM ET


Rep. Brandon Gill (R-Texas) introduced a resolution to impeach U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, who over the weekend ordered the Trump administration to halt deportations of Venezuelans whom it said were gang members. The move comes as President Trump is also calling for Boasberg’s impeachment, as the administration argues that his ruling, blocking Trump from invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to swiftly deport the migrants, was not lawful.

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday pushed back at that statement, saying it had been established that “impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision.”

Gill’s impeachment article introduced Tuesday charges that Boasberg abused power “to advance political gain while interfering with the President’s constitutional prerogatives and enforcement of the rule of law” with the ruling, adding that he “attempted to seize power from the Executive branch and interfere with the will of the American people.”

“By making a political decision outside the scope of his judicial duties, he compromised the impartiality of our judicial system and created a constitutional crisis,” the article states.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5201175-trump-urges-boasberg-impeachment/

[J_William_Ryan]

1. It's Trump who should be impeached.

Trump abused power to advance political gain while interfering with Congress’ constitutional prerogatives and enforcement of the rule of law. Trump attempted to seize power from the Legislative branch and interfere with the will of the American people.

[Xipe Totec]

13. Again

And again, and again.

[Lovie777]

2. Not going anywhere..............

more effed up noise. GQP has not lift a finger in securing economic stability with the USA. Actually they will be the cause of the recession-depression.

[SunSeeker]

5. Exactly. Won't happen. A 2/3 vote is needed to impeach a federal judge.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/can-congress-impeach-federal-judge-why-it-wont-happen-rcna196937

[BumRushDaShow]

8. The 2/3rds is to convict (in the Senate)

But they can still impeach with a simple majority in the House, which WASTES TIME. Then it gets sent over to the Senate for a trial where they would WASTE MORE TIME with an "opening session" to introduce the Articles, but then they could decide to ditch it before it gets any further like they did with the Mayorkas impeachment.

[SunSeeker]

9. That's what I meant. It takes a 2/3 vote to remove a federal judge. nt

[BumRushDaShow]

11. Threre have been few convictions from this process

but the bigger issue is the WASTED TIME doing this. Unless it is tabled right off the bat, they will have the hearing, debate, and a vote.

They have YET to come up with a Fiscal Year 2025 Budget and instead kicked the can with a botched C.R. for the rest of this FY while they work on what will probably be the FY26 - FY35 "Budget" using the reconciliation process to extend the expiring tax cuts for billionaires. They still haven't passed a Farm Bill, which has been extended each year since its 2023 expiration and where they will probably try to gut it (it contains farm subsidies and insurance, but also more importantly, SNAP benefits, etc) to get more $$$ for the tax cuts.

[NotHardly]

3. How much further will this disaster be allowed to run?

I am sick to my heart for the my country.

I wonder what Justice Roberts will say about this... if he does anything Trump will come after him next.

[Basso8vb]

4. Fuck these MAGA Nazi fucks.

[everyonematters]

6. gullible idiot

[SunSeeker]

7. More GOP performative BS that does nothing to help with grocery prices.

They will never remove Boasberg, since it requires a 2/3 vote of the Senate, and there are only 53 Republicans in the Senate. No Dems, including Fetterman, would ever vote for this. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/can-congress-impeach-federal-judge-why-it-wont-happen-rcna196937

[angrychair]

12. I'm not have holding my breath

On that statement. I'm not convinced the 10 won't jump in their to help.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

10. MaddowBlog-Chief Justice John Roberts rebukes Trump over call for federal judge's impeachment

The White House has been engaged in an intense fight with the judiciary. By calling for a judge’s impeachment, Trump just took the fight to a new level.

Trump, last week: It's "totally illegal" to criticize a judge I like.

Trump, this week: A judge I don't like is a "Radical Left Lunatic" who "should be IMPEACHED!!!"

Link to tweet

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-crosses-new-line-calls-judges-impeachment-escalating-fight-judic-rcna196882

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts issued a highly unusual statement on Tuesday morning, for example, that read, "For more than two centuries, it has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision. The normal appellate review process exists for that purpose.".....

Four days later, Politico reported on the president calling for a different federal district court judge’s impeachment.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday called for the impeachment of the federal judge who ordered a two-week halt to his efforts to remove Venezuelan migrants using extraordinary war powers that haven’t been invoked for decades. Trump’s call to remove U.S. District Judge James Boasberg — the chief judge of the federal district court in Washington, D.C. — is the first time since taking office for his second term that he’s asked Congress to seek a judge’s removal, joining increasingly pointed calls by his top donor and adviser Elon Musk and a segment of his MAGA base.

Apparently furious about Boasberg’s handling of the Alien Enemies Act litigation, the president published an especially enraged item to his social media platform, referring to the federal district court judge as a “Radical Left Lunatic,” a “troublemaker” and an “agitator.” After a series of all-caps claims about the fact that the jurist isn’t an elected official — in this country, federal judges aren’t chosen by voters — Trump concluded, “This judge, like many of the Crooked Judges’ I am forced to appear before, should be IMPEACHED!!!”.....

This campaign, however, has been largely relegated to the fringe. There are over 250 GOP lawmakers across the House and the Senate, and the total number of Republicans talking about impeaching federal judges is, as a quantitative matter, fairly small. Few, if any, credible observers have predicted that the impeachment push would ever be taken seriously on Capitol Hill.

But it’s against this backdrop that the sitting Republican president has decided to throw his weight behind an impeachment effort — not because Boasberg committed high crimes or abused his office, but because the judge is handling an important case in a way Trump doesn’t like.

The White House has been engaged in an intensifying fight with the judicial branch, and there’s been growing speculation about whether the administration might consider defying court rulings that the president doesn’t like. With his impeachment call, Trump just took that fight to a new level.

[Donman]

14. Tables turned around

How about every one whose reputation has been ruined, or anyone that Trump threw under the bus be allowed to bring lawsuits or impeachment against Trump. What a cry baby he is really is. He displays perfectly the behavior of a LOSER.

[BigDemVoter]

15. Un-Fucking-Believable

Every goddamned time I think those mother fuckers have gone as low as they can, they do something else. I hate that goddamned "party." Fuck all of them. They are ALL complicit, and I'm not excusing Lisa Murkowski either.

[augyboston]

16. A HUGE FUCK YOU to Rep. Brandon Gill (R-Texas)

Is it possible that anyone could be this freaking ignorant?!?

Talk about not reading the statute that tRump invoked and a total misreading of the Constitution. The Alien Enemies Act clearly states this law can only be implemented when we are in a declared war and other than tRump's and Musk's and the GOP war against law and order we are not in a state of war.

The only people who need to be impeached are the orange ass munch and guys like Brandon Gill

So a huge Fuck You to Brandon Gill!

[Botany]

17. A second fuck you to that Texas nitwit Gill he doesn't have a clue as to our Constitution.

“The United States government is structured with three co-equal branches: the legislative (Congress), executive (President), and judicial (Supreme Court and lower federal courts), each with distinct powers and responsibilities, designed to prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful.”

Federal Judges’ responsibilities include ruling on legal issues as per the U.S. Constitution.

Smart he went to Dartmouth but an ideological worker for the right and that includes the spreading
of lies. From Wiki:

Gill founded the news website D.C. Enquirer in 2018, saying that he was "going to bat for President Trump in the public square". He marketed his father-in-law Dinesh D'Souza's 2022 film 2000 Mules, a political film claiming the 2020 United States presidential election was stolen.


3 CO EQUAL BRANCHES.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

18. Republicans waste little time acting on Trump's judicial impeachment demand

The problem isn’t just that Trump called for the impeachment of a federal judge. It’s also the House Republicans who followed the presidential directive.

Problem: Trump calling for the impeachment of a federal judge who's done nothing wrong.

Bigger problem: House Republicans unveiling *four* impeachment resolutions targeting federal judges who've done nothing wrong.

Link to tweet

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/republicans-waste-little-time-acting-trumps-judicial-impeachment-deman-rcna197031

Less than one day later, Trump crossed a line he’d never crossed before: On heels of a Justice Department speech in which he suggested criticizing judges should be seen as “totally illegal,” the president called U.S. District Judge James Boasberg a “Radical Left Lunatic,” a “troublemaker” and an “agitator.” Trump concluded, “This judge, like many of the Crooked Judges’ I am forced to appear before, should be IMPEACHED!!!”....

To the extent that reality still has meaning, none of the targeted judges have done anything to suggest they’ve gone “rogue.” But even if Trump has come to the opposite conclusion, the answer to his question is simple: As Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts reminded Trump, he can simply appeal rulings he believes were wrong.

But no matter how serious the White House is about judicial impeachments, it’s not up to Trump or his team to execute such a plan: Presidents have literally no formal or procedural role in the process. Rather, that power rests with Congress — where a group of far-right Republicans apparently interpreted Trump’s appeal as a directive. Axios reported:

Just hours after President Trump called for the impeachment of a federal judge who ruled against his deportation of hundreds of Venezuelans over the weekend, House Republicans introduced a measure to do just that. ... Rep. Brandon Gill (R-Texas) said Tuesday he is introducing articles of impeachment against Boasberg, arguing he “overstepped his authority, compromised the impartiality of the judiciary, and created a constitutional crisis.”

The Texas Republican’s impeachment resolution was unveiled with five co-sponsors: Republican Reps. Eli Crane of Arizona, Buddy Carter of Georgia, Mike Collins of Georgia, Barry Moore of Alabama and Andrew Clyde of Georgia......

House GOP leaders, of course, already have their hands full, and they don’t seem overly eager to launch impeachment crusades against judges who’ve done nothing wrong, and who’d never be removed by two-thirds of the Senate.

What’s unclear, however, is just how much effort the president intends to invest in this, and what Republican leaders on Capitol Hill will do if Trump decides this is a real priority. Watch this space.