On Tuesday, President Donald Trump called for Judge James Boasberg to be impeached, prompting Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts to issue a rare statement condemning Trump’s remarks.
The judicial branch has been behaving «erroneously», according to White House press secretary, after several judges have blocked various executive orders from President Donald Trump.
«I would like to point out that the judges in this country are acting erroneously», White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a Wednesday news briefing. «We have judges who are acting as partisan activists from the bench.»
On Saturday, Judge James Boasberg with the United States District Court for the District of Columbia issued an order halting the Trump administration from deporting migrants allegedly part of the Tren de Aragua gang under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. The law permits deportation of natives and citizens of an enemy nation without a hearing.
However, flights carrying the migrants continued to El Salvador, and Leavitt said Sunday the order had «no lawful basis» since Boasberg issued it after the flights departed from U.S. airspace.
Meanwhile, Trump called for Boasberg’s impeachment in a social media post Tuesday, prompting Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts to issue a rare statement condemning Trump’s remarks.
Specifically, Roberts said that «it has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision» for more than two centuries.
