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Chief Justice John Roberts pushes against Trump's call to impeach judge
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The Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts rejected President Donald Trump's call on Tuesday to impeach a judge who ruled against his deportation plans.
"For more than two centuries, it has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision," Roberts said in a rare statement.
In a post on social media, Trump described U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg as a "troublemaker and agitator." Boasberg recently issued an order blocking deportation flights under wartime authorities from an 18th century law that Trump invoked over the weekend.
Read more: https://www.kgw.com/article/news/nation-world/supreme-court-chief-roberts-rejects-trumps-call-for-impeaching-judge/507-07c4573b-6f3e-451b-bb49-b1eeba1eb7fe
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