Chief Justice of the Supreme Court John Roberts pushed back to the call of President Donald Trump to impeach judges whose decisions were contrary to the planned deportation of his government.
Roberts issued a rare statement on Tuesday after Trump threw an insult to the federal judge who held a “looking for facts” on Monday about whether Trump’s government consciously violated the court orders when he handed over more than 200 gang members to the El Salvador authority during the weekend.
In a post on Its social media network on Tuesday morningTrump summoned the US District Judge James Boasberg “bent” and suggested that he be impeached.
“This judge, like many judges who are bent, ‘I was forced to appear before, must be immediate !!!” Trump wrote. “We don’t want villain, cruel, and crazy, many of them are crazy killers, in our country.”
Judge James E. Boasberg, Chairperson of the Federal District Court judge in DC, abbreviated as portrait at E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse in Washington, DC on March 16, 2023.
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Roberts reprimanded Trump’s comment.
“For more than two centuries, it has been determined that the impeachment is not the right response for disagreement on justice decisions,” Roberts said in the statement. “The normal appeal process is there for that purpose.”
The statement indicates differences of opinion between the branch of justice and the executive.
Republican new student Rep. Brandon Gill from Texas submitted an impeachment article on Boasberg on Tuesday. Five other GOP parliament members signed as co-sponsors of the bill, although the GOP House leaders have not yet said if they plan to hold voting in the package.
Congress can impeach judges if a simple majority is achieved in the DPR. If the article is taken and finally cleaning the DPR, the senate needs to hold a trial. This will require the majority vote of two -thirds in the upper room to punish the judge.
It hasn’t happened before to submit an impeachment article against the judge.
In February, Rep. Eli Crane submitted an impeachment article against District Judge Paul Engelmayer, who issued a major restriction on the government’s department of efficiency department to the Sensitive Department of Treasury Payment System. More than a a dozen judges has been impeached in US history and only a handful of punished.
Trump argues on Tuesday that he should not be prevented to carry out the immigration agenda, by saying in his social media posting, “I only do what the voters I want to do.”
Trump’s comments on Boasberg came after the federal judge blocked the Trump government from deporting non -state citizens after the new president’s proclamation who requested the law of alien enemies to deport the alleged members of the Venezuelan Gang Tren de Aagua.
Allegations of members of the Venezuelan Criminal Organization Trend de Aragua deported by the US government, detained at the Center for Terrorism in Tecoluca, El Salvador in a photo obtained by March 16, 2025.
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Boasberg, in verbal instructions during the trial on Saturday, gave orders to immediately reverse two aircraft carrying non -citizens of the state if they were protected by their orders, including those who could potentially take off during the rest at the trial. However, the source said that the Top Lawyer and officials in the government made a decision that because the flight was above international waters, Boasberg’s orders did not apply, and the aircraft did not turn around.
On Monday, Boasberg questioned whether Trump’s government ignored his orders to turn the plane, saying it was a “heck of a heck” for them to argue that his orders could be ignored.
President Donald Trump spoke to the media during the tour guided to the performing arts center John F. Kennedy before chairing the council meeting, March 17, 2025 in Washington.
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Deputy Attorney General Associate Abhishek Kambli believes Monday during the “Fact Search” session held by Boasberg that the direction of the judge on Saturday night to reverse flights did not apply until it was written that night.
Boasberg ordered the Department of Justice to submit, on Tuesday afternoon, a declaration of swearing about what they represent in the submission of Monday – that the third flight that took off after his written order on Saturday brought prisoners that could be removed on the grounds other than the law of alien enemies.
ABC News’ Devin Dwyer and Sarah Beth Hensley contributed to this report.