Hill Republicans aim to rein in judges but divided on strategy [View all]
Source: NPR
March 25, 2025 4:23 PM ET
Republicans on Capitol Hill are planning ways to push back at the federal judiciary over allegations that activist judges are unfairly targeting the Trump administration. But GOP members are divided about what to do, and their efforts to block action by the courts face significant political and legal hurdles.
President Trump's efforts to remake the shape and size of the federal government using Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency and his use of a war-era statute to deport a group of Venezuelans have been reviewed by the courts.
Some GOP lawmakers have filed articles of impeachment to remove judges and others are pushing legislation to bar district judges from issuing national injunctions following public pressure on social media from Trump and Musk to impeach or punish judges.
Democrats dismiss the effort as purely political and legally unsound since the series of court rulings GOP lawmakers are fighting come down to a a disagreement about the law, not high crimes or corruption on the part of judges.
Read more: https://www.npr.org/2025/03/25/nx-s1-5338955/republicans-judges-strategy
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