Judge Boasberg impeachment push gains support
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A resolution to impeach U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg is still gaining support despite House GOP leaders' hesitation to move on such a measure.
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A U.S. judge will hold a hearing on Thursday over whether the Trump administration violated his order temporarily blocking the deportation of alleged Venezuelan gang members under a rarely-invoked 18...
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The court also found that ending TPS would likely harm national security and public health, while disproportionately impacting non-white, non-European immigrants.
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After Trump invoked the rarely used 1798 Alien Enemies Act to round up and deport Venezuelans and other immigrants to El Salvador on several flights, Boasberg temporarily ordered the administration to stop deportation flights, sparking Trump to call for Boasberg’s impeachment.
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Judge Boasberg – who is notably overseeing two high-profile President Donald Trump lawsuits in Washington, D.C. – has come under scrutiny in recent weeks, including his own ties to the Supreme Court.
The resolution introduced by Arizona Representative Andy Biggs seeks to bypass the impeachment process, in which two thirds of the Senate would have to vote to fire Judge James Boasberg. Were it to succeed, it would spark a major constitutional crisis and set a precedent for congressional firing of judges seen as political opponents.
Republican senators are warning that any efforts to impeach James Boasberg, the federal judge who ruled against President Trump’s deportation of alleged Venezuelan gang members and is now ...
Rep. Brandon Gill (R-Texas) quickly heeded the president’s calls, introducing an article of impeachment against Boasberg that charges him with “abuse of power.” The push, to be sure, has virtually no chance of success, with a number of House ...
After blocking the Trump administration’s use of a wartime law to deport Venezuelan migrants, Yale alum Judge James Boasberg faces impeachment efforts, legal challenges and criticism from Republican politicians.
As President Donald Trump's battle with the judiciary escalates, House Republicans are eyeing ways to rein in judges from blocking parts of his agenda.
Rep. Andy Biggs invoked the “good behavior” clause of the Constitution to argue Congress has the authority to remove judges short of impeachment.