AFA Action responds to Chief Justice John Roberts’ comments in defense of Judge Boasberg

TUPELO, Miss. — Chief Justice John Roberts’ statement today in defense of Judge Boasberg is false. Roberts states, “[f]or more than two centuries, it has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision.” Roberts is either lying or ignorant.

As Phillip Jauregui, senior counsel at AFA Action’s Center for Judicial Renewal, states in his recent op-ed for the Washington Times, “Some say Congress cannot impeach judges for their rulings in cases. History says otherwise. The first federal judge impeached and removed from office was Judge John Pickering in 1804 for ruling a case that defied the law. The articles charge that Pickering ruled ‘said act of Congress not regarding, but with intent to evade the same’ and that he ruled ‘contrary to his trust and duty as a judge of the said district against the law of the United States and to the manifest injury of their revenue.’ The same generation that drafted and ratified the impeachment and removal clauses knew them best and used them to remove Pickering for his radical rulings. The same can be done today.”

Additionally, Members of the House and Senate should begin the process of reducing the budget of the entire judicial branch.

“The Constitution provides that compensation for judges and justices ‘shall not be diminished during their Continuance in Office.’ However, it is entirely permissible for Congress to freeze judicial salaries, reduce the overall budget for the judicial branch by any amount, and force the court to maintain its salaries commensurate with the Constitution but reduce its budget in other areas,” says Jauregui.

“Speaking of Congress’ power of the purse, President Trump, House Speaker Mike Johnson and the Department of Government Efficiency might jointly investigate fraud, waste and abuse in the judicial branch and let those findings drive cuts in the judicial budget. That prospect might encourage the Supreme Court to better police its own branch.”

The people will not stand for fake little presidents in black robes.

AFA Action is a non-profit 501(c)(4) organization dedicated to advancing biblical family values in society and government by shaping public policy through education and advocacy. The mission of AFA Action is to inform and mobilize individuals to strengthen the biblical foundations of America by persuading individuals with the truth of the Gospel, challenging the lost to repent, promoting societal values that are consistent with Scripture, restraining evil and exposing the works of darkness, motivating people to take a stand on cultural and moral issues, and encouraging Christians to bear witness to the world the love of Jesus Christ. Find AFA Action Alerts here. 

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