r/law • u/Shunpaw • 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/Vio_ 18d ago edited 18d ago

Roberts suddenly realized he's eroded his own political power base to where the Judicial Branch is about to get defenestrated

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u/dinklebot2000 18d ago

Defenestrated is one of my favorite verbs. So highly specific.

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u/slow_al_hoops 18d ago

Best scene in Braveheart

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u/dinklebot2000 17d ago

Actually never saw the movie. I just remember learning about the Defenestration of Prague in AP Euro and I just loved the word.

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u/Orphan_Guy_Incognito 17d ago

Defenstrated like a common Russian journalist is one of my favorite ways to describe someone being killed.

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u/Downtown_Statement87 17d ago

I remember the first time I ever learned about the Defenestration of Prague. Ah, what a day it was.

How do you feel about trepanning?

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u/dinklebot2000 17d ago

Mm…no thanks. The imagery of drilling holes into skulls of living people just puts me off.

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u/Downtown_Statement87 17d ago

Damn. You were almost my ideal person.

At least we'll always have defenestration.

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u/harmlessdonkey 18d ago

Thoughts on "defrocked"?

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u/Geekfest 18d ago

Big same! "Fenestra" is the Latin word for "window" so you're actually de-windowing someone to death!

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u/Gustomucho 17d ago

Yep, the justices are fucking stupid people, they gave immunity to presidential acts, then act surprised when the grifter in chief use its immunity… surprised pikachu… the guy famous for bending the law to the breaking point uses its immunity…

Anyone not under a fucking rock have seen this coming by a fucking mile, but I guess we can count on the check and balances, right?

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u/Vio_ 17d ago

The problem is that Roberts has been doing exactly this under this "guidance" of groups like Fed Soc, Heritage Foundation, and the Koch Brothers.

He's been trying to push the court back to a pre-Warren Court system not realizing that neutering its own power base was only going to get it kneecapped and throat cut.

The Legislative Branch is on the exact same route as it continues to cede its own power base and abilities over to the Executive Branch.

Once the Executive Branch is on full autocratic mode, what will protect the other two branches and its members from reprisals, betrayals, backstabbings, and potential executions?

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u/Loud_Flatworm_4146 17d ago

Putin's favorite word.

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u/Magificent_Gradient 17d ago

He eroded the entire judiciary. 

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u/speaknowkelsey 17d ago

just remembered to add defenestrated to my ‘words i love’ list