- DOGE head lashes out at federal judges blocking his work
- Constitutional bar to impeach is treason, bribery, high crimes
“There needs to be an immediate wave of judicial impeachments, not just one,” Musk
Judges have put the brakes on several of President
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Musk’s biggest target so far has been US District Judge
“This turns the Constitution on its head,” Republican Representative
The prominence of the federal courts has risen in recent weeks as the Republican-led Congress has largely backed Trump’s orders and Musk’s actions, even as the president challenges the legislature’s constitutionally protected power of the purse.
House Speaker
“I think the courts should take a step back and let this process play out,” Johnson told reporters.
Representative
“My colleagues across the aisle who are asking us to get out of the way and stop trying to block things in the courts, let me tell you: We do not work for an unelected billionaire,” Stansbury said. “We work for the American people.”
The constitutional bar for impeachment is treason, bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors. Only 15 judges have been impeached, the last one in 2010.
It’s unclear whether the House would proceed with any judicial impeachment proceedings, and the Senate would be unlikely to vote to convict. But any action in Congress to unseat a judge on the basis of his or her rulings would be politically explosive.
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