If Anyone’s Destroying The Judiciary’s ‘Legitimacy,’ It’s Chief Justice John Roberts
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts has found himself in the hot seat of America’s political discourse — and for good reason.
Not content with simply allowing rogue lower court judges’ judicial jihad against the executive branch to continue unabated, the chief justice has now taken it upon himself to criticize President Donald Trump for calling for District Court Judge James Boasberg to be impeached. An Obama appointee, Boasberg unilaterally attempted to halt the administration’s deportation of Tren de Aragua gang members to El Salvador this past weekend.
In his shockingly tone-deaf statement, Roberts seemingly attempted to run cover for Boasberg’s overreaching actions by pushing back on Trump’s calls for the judge’s impeachment.
“For more than two centuries, it has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision,” Roberts said. “The normal appellate review process exists for that purpose.”
Curiously, the statement does not appear to have been released on the Supreme Court’s website, per normal protocol, but instead given to legacy media outlets. Federalist CEO Sean Davis’ repeated requests to the high court’s public information office for the chief justice’s full statement and for explanations as to why the statement wasn’t uploaded to the court’s website have gone unanswered. (Read more from “If Anyone’s Destroying The Judiciary’s ‘Legitimacy,’ It’s Chief Justice John Roberts” HERE)