Arresting judges. Threatening their impeachment. Routinely slamming them on social media and trying to go around them completely.
President Donald Trump and his allies have led an intense pressure campaign on the judiciary four months into his administration. Both sides of the political spectrum are using the term constitutional crisis.
“It’s an all-out war on the lower courts” said former federal Judge John Jones III, who was appointed by President George W. Bush
As the clash becomes a defining moment in the president's second term, conservative activists are pushing Congress to rein in federal judges. The Article III Project, a Trump-aligned group, arranged 164,000 phone calls, emails and social media messages to members of Congress in recent weeks urging lawmakers to back Trump in this judiciary fight. They called for impeaching Judge James Boasberg - one of the federal judges who has drawn MAGA's ire - after he ordered a temporary halt to Trump's effort to deport some immi
President Donald Trump and his allies have led an intense pressure campaign on the judiciary four months into his administration. Both sides of the political spectrum are using the term constitutional crisis.
“It’s an all-out war on the lower courts” said former federal Judge John Jones III, who was appointed by President George W. Bush
As the clash becomes a defining moment in the president's second term, conservative activists are pushing Congress to rein in federal judges. The Article III Project, a Trump-aligned group, arranged 164,000 phone calls, emails and social media messages to members of Congress in recent weeks urging lawmakers to back Trump in this judiciary fight. They called for impeaching Judge James Boasberg - one of the federal judges who has drawn MAGA's ire - after he ordered a temporary halt to Trump's effort to deport some immi
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