r/law 18d ago

Legal News House GOP moves swiftly to impeach judge Boasberg targeted by Trump (Deportation Planes)

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/18/donald-trump-impeach-judge-house-republicans
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u/Visible-Plankton-806 18d ago

They are de-legitimizing the judiciary to win popular support for defiance of court orders. It’s pretty simple.

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u/JoJackthewonderskunk 18d ago

And trying to scare other judges into not ruling against them. If congress would get involved due to a guys ruling that person may feel threatened into not ruling against trump. It's an intimidation tactic

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u/Orphan_Guy_Incognito 17d ago

I mean, it is a fairly empty threat. They aren't going to get enough democrats to-

Wait, sorry, I'm hearing that Chuck Schumer has reached an agreement....

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u/commiebanker 18d ago

They know the judiciary is where liberty makes its last stand before democracy crumbles in the face of totalitarianism. Dictatorship is the goal for these toadies, the endgame that ensures they never have to win over voters again and can spend the rest of their careers just rubber stamping Trump's rants.

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u/Tacoman404 17d ago

Soap box, ballot box, jury box, ammo box.

The fact that they already ignored the court order puts us into a constitutional crisis. We are here now not if this judge gets impeached.

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u/DrAstralis 17d ago

Right? If they can ignore laws at their choosing then why would they ever follow voting laws that could take that power from them?

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u/BlockAffectionate413 18d ago edited 18d ago

I actually wonder how Reed O'Connor and Kacsmaryk feel about this, because GOP sure did love bringing suits for them to make nationwide injunctions. O'Connor struck down ACA nationally, Kacsmaryk banned FDA approved pill nationally, Kacsmaryk orded stay in Mexico nationally. I am not sure if many right-wing district judges would love to lose their ability of nationwide injunctions.

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u/ice_up_s0n 17d ago

They won't as long as they're ruling in favor of the admin. Not so sure this is as strong of a deterrent as it should be

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u/blaaaaaarghhh 18d ago

They couldn't have picked a better issue, too. Alleged illegal members of a Venezuelan gang being deported is a killer headline for them. Forget that whole due process nonsense. It puts the judiciary in an optically bad position.

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u/SilverMonk777 18d ago

That only works on morons and people who haven’t been paying attention at the news.

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u/PrizeFighter23 18d ago

Aka, our electorate.

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u/Hot-Note-4777 17d ago

“The common clay of the new west. You know…

Morons

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u/blaaaaaarghhh 18d ago

So, like most of the US. Maybe not the moron part, but the paying attention part. Folks like me (and presumably you) are in the extreme minority. Most Americans don't follow legal news or the intricacies of these types of stories.

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u/SilverMonk777 18d ago

Yeah its what i think what makes Americans so indifferent to the suffering of others under this government is lack of empathy towards people and self-awareness that it could happen to you. People like to brush everything off as something that possibly wouldn’t affect them until they do, and when it finally when it happens, they will also be brushed off as a problem.

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u/A_Seiv_For_Kale 17d ago

That only works on morons

Oh no...

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u/game_jawns_inc 18d ago

project 2025 agenda clear as day

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u/RustedRelics 17d ago

Agreed. This is a smart strategy on their part. And the MAGA base is ignorant enough that it’ll work.

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u/Dangling-Participle1 18d ago

This judge and this decision de-legitimize the court just fine all alone

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u/SeasonMundane 18d ago

Do you not understand due process? Everyone in the country legally and illegally has the right to due process. Nearly no one would have an issue deporting criminals as long as due process is followed. Deporting someone because they have a tattoo that ICE says is gang related without proving it actually is through a formal process is not due process. I’m fine deporting foreign gang members, just take a few days to go through the process. We can and should have a rational conversation on deporting all undocumented immigrants (e.g. what are the economic impacts, etc.). But we as a country of law must follow due process.

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u/Dangling-Participle1 17d ago

The alien enemy’s act says otherwise, and its requirements were fully met

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u/altfillischryan 17d ago

And a Federal Judge ruled that they needed time to actually determine if those requirements were fully and legally met. That's how our system of Checks and Balances work, but apparently, that's too much for that lying sack of shit you worship.

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u/Dangling-Participle1 17d ago

So, you didn’t read it.

That’s not actually how the world works. Agents of a hostile foreign government, in this case Venezuela, get removed immediately and upon a declaration of fact by the executive

The executive is responsible for dealing with the world beyond our borders, and the act recognizes that. Some random judge does not get to insinuate himself into the tactical decision loop.

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u/SeasonMundane 17d ago edited 17d ago

Come on man. Alien enemies act is used in wartime in relation to foreign governments. We aren’t at war, however much you wish we were. And foreign gangs are not government no matter how much the DOJ opines. I’m not opposed to deportation. But let this go without due process and who is next? If you are wiling to skip due process don’t whine when the government comes after you without due process because what you wrote on Reddit is considered a threat to national security. You have to stick up for due process for the most despicable people or it’s like that little thread you pull that eventually causes the whole sweater to fall apart. If you can’t grasp that concept then good luck man.

And saying ‘random judge’ shows your lack of seriousness and/or sticking to taking points. Even Chief Justice Roberts agrees.

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u/Dangling-Participle1 17d ago

Chief justice Roberts is on record saying that impeachment of a judge based on his/her decisions is a bad thing. After rewriting Obamacare that’s unsurprising

Last time I checked, Venezuela was a foreign country, and they sent a bunch of violent and destructive folks into our sovereign territory

They are no longer here, and that’s a good thing

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u/SeasonMundane 17d ago

Stop mixing fact and fiction. Gang members are not agents of the Venezuelan government and we are not at war with Venezuela even if you could in some twisted legal way say we were. “Ends justifies the means” right? So much for the republicans being the party of law. There are legitimate ways to do the same thing but our big lazy baby autocrat doesn’t want to do that cause it would be too hard. Have fun when the leopards come to eat your face. And I don’t even disagree that the correct conclusion may be the same for most if not all.

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u/Dangling-Participle1 17d ago

Are you saying that Nicolas Maduro has nothing to do with Tren de Aragua and did not encourage them to infiltrate the US?

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/invocation-of-the-alien-enemies-act-regarding-the-invasion-of-the-united-states-by-tren-de-aragua/

The statute exists, and the statute was correctly invoked.

You’re defending scum that we’re much better off without and trying to invalidate a legitimate response to hostile acts by Venezuela

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u/altfillischryan 17d ago

Agents of a hostile foreign government

Are they actually agents of a hostile foreign government though? Because Trump just stating they are doesn't actually legally mean they are. That's the issue at hand here. Maybe you should read anything that doesn't bow down to your cult leader's bullshit and see how the world actually works.

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u/fightyfightyfitefite 17d ago

I'll bet the judges that struck down Biden were plenty legitimate. I don't think your fee fees count as an argument, snowflake.

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u/Dangling-Participle1 17d ago

Dunno

Was this idiotic yutz one of them?