Prominent Republicans in Congress are calling for the impeachment of Democrat-appointed judges, amid a slew of injunctions against President Donald Trump’s executive actions.
The conservative outcry began when Judge James Boasberg, a 2011 appointee of then-President Barack Obama to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, issued a restraining order against Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act of 1789 to deport alleged Tren de Aragua gang members.
The ruling did not take effect, as the immigrants were outside of U.S. airspace before the judge’s written order was delivered and they were extradited to El Salvador.
“I’ll be filing Articles of Impeachment against activist judge James Boasberg this week,” wrote Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, on X in response to a New York Post article covering Boasberg’s restraining order against the…
