Chief justice rebukes Trump for call to impeach judge hearing deportation case John Roberts calls US president’s demand over temporary restraining order halting deportations ‘not appropriate’ John Roberts, the chief justice of the US supreme court, delivered a rare rebuke on Tuesday of Donald Trump after the US president demanded the impeachment of a federal judge who had issued an adverse ruling against the administration blocking the deportation of hundreds of alleged Venezuelan gang members. “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 statement. “The normal appellate process exists for that purpose.” The statement came hours after Trump assailed the chief US district judge in Washington DC, James Boasberg, for issuing a temporary restraining order halting deportations under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 that gives the president the power to conduct removals without due process. “This judge, like many of the Crooked Judges I am forced to appear before, should be IMPEACHED!!!” Trump wrote about Boasberg, labelling him a “Radical Left Lunatic of a Judge” and a “troublemaker”. Trump’s personal attack against Boasberg reflected his broader resentment at being increasingly constrained in recent weeks by court orders he believes are wrong, and his frustration at having his signature deportation policy be halted while subject to legal scrutiny.

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Ned Yeung (ned@beige.party)'s status on Thursday, 20-Mar-2025 02:54:16 JST

So to be clear, Donald Trump ignored a district judge's orders when he tried to invoke a wartime act from the 18th century to illegally deport thousands with no due process under the auspices of being gang members (with as little proof as "too much skin art") and therefore "international terrorists", claiming that the judge has no authority over him, disobeying the court order, and continuing to commit his crimes.

The normal route for a law abiding person who doesn't agree with a judge's order would be to follow the order then appeal it, to a higher court if need be. There were plenty of legal options available to him (which are often blocked to those who are marginalized and not so privileged).

Instead, when questioned why Trump disobeyed a court order, he responded by calling for the judge to be impeached, calling him a "Radical Left Lunatic of a Judge, a troublemaker and agitator", indicating that he was "sadly appointed by Barack Hussein Obama", despite the fact that the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who rebuked him for this blatant disregard of the law, John Roberts, is a conservative institutionalist appointed by George W. Bush.

"This is wartime." "I can tell my enemies by the way they look, and that makes them a terrorist and enemy of the state." "The court of law has no authority over me." "Anybody who disagrees with me is a radical left lunatic."

This is authoritarian fascism in full display.

#uspol #fascism #authoritarian #Nazism

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