House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) came out in support on Wednesday of impeaching federal judges who stall President Donald Trump’s executive actions.
“I think some of these judges have gotten so far outside the bounds of where they’re supposed to operate,” said Johnson. “It would not be, in my view, a bad thing for Congress to lay down the law, so to speak, and make an example of some of these egregious abuses.”
The speaker said he believes impeachment is still an “extreme measure,” but “extreme times call for extreme measures.”
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Republicans in the House and Senate have pushed for impeachment against various judges, particularly Judges James Boasberg and Deborah Boardman.
Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX), a House Republican freshman, filed articles of impeachment in March
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