Summary
Chief Justice John Roberts issued a rare statement rejecting Trump’s call to impeach U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, who ruled against Trump’s deportation plans.
Roberts declared “impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision.”
Trump had labeled Boasberg a “troublemaker and agitator” on social media after the judge blocked deportation flights under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798.
The conflict escalated after the administration allegedly ignored Boasberg’s verbal order to return deportation flights. Legal experts called Trump’s demand “a direct threat to judicial independence.”
That and impeachment doesn’t involve the Supreme Court. It’s an operation of the House and Senate.
Roberts and the rest of SCOTUS can’t do anything about impeaching a federal judge even if they wanted to. Congress holds the power of impeachment. If all of the GOP grovellers in the House follow Trump’s orders like lap dogs, then the judge will be impeached. They need two thirds majority in the Senate to convict and remove the judge though, which is unlikely (though apparently not impossible with Schumer and his lackeys apparently willing to appease every stupid whim of Trump’s and the GOP’s while they “bide their time”). SCOTUS has no say in the matter.
They would have their say in the matter once it ends up in court though. Roberts is letting them know ahead of time what the result could be. This is good.
Roberts and the rest of SCOTUS can’t do anything about impeaching a federal judge even if they wanted to.
No, that’s true. However, as the “top judge” in the country, his word does bear some weight.
To whom? The GOP House Reps? I’m not holding my breath.
I have little faith in the judicial to stand up to anything, but maybe just maybe their own preservation instincts will finally kick in.
The fact that he was too scared to call out Trump by name in this “rebuke” suggests against that happening with Roberts
Well, if it happened to another federal judge, what’s to stop it from happening to the Supreme Court when they disagree?
They know they’d better not disagree.
They know they’d better not disagree.
They just did. Publicly.
Let me know when it’s in an official ruling or any other way that matters.
'Member when everyone was convinced that SCOTUS was going to overturn Trump’s 2020 election loss?
Trump and his MAGAts can go fuck themselves but pretending that SCOTUS has never bucked them is denying reality.
We’re in a new era now where they’ve given Trump unprecedented power.
The past is past; we’re living in a brave new world now. I never pretended they didn’t rule against him. I’m saying that they won’t in the future because it’ll expose how powerless they are to enforce anything against him, and would also put a target on their own backs.
i forsee a future judiciary that does little more than rebuke for trumps actions while doing nothing to resolve it.
Or what? Andrew Jackson exposed how toothless the SCOTUS really is, and nothing about that has changed since.
Yes, that was my point.
Ive been telling people that Trump will pull an Andrew Jackson because in reality the judicial branch of the government has NO enforcement mechanism for their rulings.
They have to hope the executive branch will play by the rules and follow their rulings.
Roberts and his justices gave Trump even more unchecked power when they rule the president cannot be tried for official acts (leaving only impeachment as a means of punishment).
He must not be any sort of history buff because he would know the power of the judicial system is stripped away and becomes a superficial system that is used to punish those in the “out” group when a state turns to fascism or a dictatorship.
Roberts is truly a dipshit and a clown.
It’s probably because Roberts knows that “won’t someone rid me of troublesome Justice John Roberts” is a few paragraphs down this Trumpy road.
Roberts is gonna find himself impeached by Trump with that talk.
Wow Roberts still does have a little bit of his spine left and managed to find it? Or is this just a platitude and he’ll continue to enable the fascist?
Aw, is Roberts furrowing his brows really intensely?
lmao, no, not even, he’s looking ashamed and doing less than the bare minimum, just like at the impeachment proceedings.
“Chief Justice John Roberts furrows his brow and shakes his head while consistently ruling in favor of Donald Trump’s agenda.”
Graduated from Susan Collin’s School of Pearl Clutching.
Thus far Trumps White House has proven that the judiciary can “object” all they want, but unless they are prepared to force them to not do something some how, then the objection is meaningless.
This whole fucking power struggle boils down to
“no u”
