Roberts says no that’s not how this works.
In an extraordinary display of conflict between the executive and judiciary branches, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts rejected calls for impeaching federal judges shortly after President Donald Trump demanded the removal of a judge who ruled against his deportation plans.
“For more than two centuries, it has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision,” Roberts said in a rare statement. “The normal appellate review process exists for that purpose.”
But of course Trump has no truck with “normal.” Trump despises normal unless it’s his own very particular brand of normal. Trump considers himself the arbiter of what’s normal and what’s an outrage against Trump and thus the enemy of normal.
In a Tuesday morning social media post, Trump described U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg as an unelected “troublemaker and agitator.” Boasberg recently issued an order blocking deportation flights under wartime authorities from an 18th century law that Trump invoked to carry out his plans.
Well now we could have a long and strenuous conversation about exactly who is the real troublemaker and agitator in this dispute.
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And his buddy Elon is what exactly?
I wonder if Roberts will decide he’s gotten sufficient executive overreach out of his stupid immunity decision and put his foot down in the future. Of course, wouldn’t surprise me if they start trying to impeach Justices.
Shorter Roberts: “I didn’t mean they should eat MY face!”