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Roberts rejects Trump's call for impeaching judge who ruled against his deportation plans
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In an extraordinary display of conflict between the executive and judiciary branches, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts rejected calls for impeaching federal judges shortly after President Donald Trump demanded the removal of 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. “The normal appellate review process exists for that purpose.”
In a Tuesday morning social media post, Trump described U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg as an unelected “troublemaker and agitator." Boasberg recently issued an order blocking deportation flights under wartime authorities from an 18th century law that Trump invoked to carry out his plans.
MORE: https://www.wthr.com/article/news/nation-world/supreme-court-chief-roberts-rejects-trumps-call-for-impeaching-judge/507-07c4573b-6f3e-451b-bb49-b1eeba1eb7fe