Lawmakers look to reel in rogue judges defying Trump



Republican lawmakers in the House and Senate are leading the charge to dismantle rogue judges' blocking of President Donald Trump's executive orders with nationwide injunctions.

In recent weeks, several federal judges have blocked Trump's executive orders in an attempt to curb the administration's MAGA mandate. Most notably, U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg blocked the Trump administration's deportations of illegal Venezuelan migrants affiliated with the gang Tren de Aragua.

'America’s government cannot function if the legitimate orders of our Commander in Chief can be overridden at the whim of a single district court judge.'

Trump himself called for the impeachment of judges like Boasberg who are using litigious avenues to curb the administration. At the same time, lawmakers like Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah are doing what they can to aid the president.

Lee introduced the Restraining Judicial Activists Act on Monday, which would establish a three-judge district court to check rulings made against the executive branch. The panel would be appointed by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, consisting of a circuit judge and two district judges.

"America’s government cannot function if the legitimate orders of our commander in chief can be overridden at the whim of a single district court judge," Lee said Monday. "We have seen them presume to run the military, the civil service, foreign aid, and HR departments across the executive branch — blatantly unconstitutional overreach."

Similar efforts have been made on the House side, with Republican Rep. Darrell Issa of California introducing the No Rogue Rulings Act. The bill limits the power of district judges from imposing nationwide injunctions and is set for a vote next week in the House.

"WE ARE NOT ONE NATION UNDER JUDGE," Issa said Thursday. "Rogue judges are crossing the line to stop President Trump. That’s why we have to stop them."

Republican Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, who chairs the House Judiciary Committee, is also set to hold hearings on Boasberg next week. Other Republicans like Rep. Brandon Gill of Texas have taken these efforts farther, introducing articles of impeachment against judges like Boasberg, Judge Paul Engelmayer, Judge Amir Ali, and Judge John Bates.

"It really starts to look like Judge Boasberg is operating purely political against the president, and that's what we want to have hearings on — this broad issue and some of what Judge Boasberg is doing," Jordan said Monday.

"Activist judges know exactly what they’re doing," Gill said Tuesday. "Even if their lawless rulings get overturned on appeal, they will have wasted valuable time of the Trump Presidency. That’s time that the American people will never get back. And it’s why we have to act fast."

At the same time, not all Republicans are as enthusiastic about this impeachment effort. An impeachment would require a simple majority in the House and a two-thirds majority in the Senate, making it unlikely that Boasberg or other activist judges will be formally impeached. Republican leadership is also more keen on alternatives to impeachment like Issa's bill, which has been embraced by Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.).

Although Trump has pushed for impeachments, Justice Roberts issued a rare statement against the idea.

"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.”

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The Department of Justice has moved to end the legal cases brought against President-elect Donald Trump following his victory on Wednesday.

The DOJ reportedly cannot prosecute a sitting president, requiring the agency to disband any ongoing legal cases against Trump before Inauguration Day. Special counsel Jack Smith is expected to be "gone from his post" before Inauguration Day, meaning the cases will be dropped before January 20.

'I call on Attorney General Garland, Alvin Bragg, and Fani Willis to immediately terminate the politically-motivated prosecutions of President Donald Trump.'

Trump's electoral victory was announced early Wednesday morning after he successfully won North Carolina and flipped Georgia and Pennsylvania. As of this writing, Trump has also flipped Wisconsin and Michigan. Following his victory, prominent Republican voices have called for an end to the lawfare.

In the aftermath of his historic victory, several Republicans called for Trump's criminal cases to be dismissed, arguing that the "American people have spoken."

"The American people have rendered their verdict on President Trump and decisively chosen him to lead the country for the next four years," former Attorney General Bill Barr said in the aftermath of the election. "They did that with full knowledge of the claims against him by prosecutors around the country, and I think Attorney General Garland and the state prosecutors should respect the people’s decision and dismiss the cases against President Trump now."

Trump also received bids of support from members of Republican leadership.

"The American people have spoken: the lawfare must end," House Majority Leader Steve Scalise said in a post on X following Trump's victory. "I call on Attorney General Garland, Alvin Bragg, and Fani Willis to immediately terminate the politically-motivated prosecutions of President Donald Trump."

In the past few years, Trump has been the subject of an onslaught of legal battles. Most recently, Trump was convicted on 34 felony counts in New York and is scheduled to be sentenced on November 26.

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Trump is returning to Butler, Pennsylvania, for another rally — and why it's a big deal



People might assume that Donald Trump would steer clear of Butler, Pennsylvania, after narrowly surviving an attempt on his life — but then they would be wrong.

The former president plans to return to Butler, Pennsylvania, for another rally on October 5 — and Glenn Beck of “The Glenn Beck Program” believes it’s an incredible show of strength.

But Trump isn’t the only one who has refused to go into hiding after a brush with his own mortality.

Steve Scalise survived an assassin’s bullet himself. The House majority leader ended up in the hospital for three and a half months after the shooting.

“I was fighting for my life,” he tells Glenn. “I made an early decision, because I really needed to put all my focus into getting better. I had to learn how to walk again.”

“Once I got that mindset, I said, ‘You know what? I’m not looking back. Like literally, rip off the rearview mirror. I’m not going to worry about what got me here.' God spared me,” he continues, adding, “I knew I was given a second chance.”

Trump visited Scalise on the day of the shooting in the hospital, which happened to be the former president’s birthday.

“He and Melania came, really consoled my family at that lowest moment. But I just made a decision, I’m not going to be a victim; I’m not gonna focus on why he did it, why I got here,” he explains.

After Trump survived his first attack, he told Scalise it was “divine intervention.”

“Here’s a man, Donald Trump, who’s put himself up for persecution by so many different people who have gone after him,” Scalise says. “And yet, he still moves forward. He still knows I have to do this for the country, and he believes that, and believe me, the country believes that too.”


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