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Supreme Court Chief Justice contradicts Trump's call to remove a federal judge

The US president had requested impeachment proceedings against the judge who ordered the deportations of Venezuelans blocked over the weekend.

WashingtonDonald Trump's open war on the courts continues to escalate. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts has responded to Trump by saying that one impeachment It is not "the appropriate response" when you disagree with a judge's order. The US president had called Tuesday morning for the dismissal of federal judge James Boasberg, who issued the court order halting the deportation of more than 200 Venezuelans under the Foreign Enemies Act this weekend. For the first time, Trump bought into calls from Elon Musk and his vice president JD Vance to remove the judges who have blocked the government's actions and asked Congress to begin a process ofimpeachment against Boasberg.

"For more than two centuries it has been established that theimpeachment “It is not an appropriate response to disagreement over a court decision,” Roberts said in a statement issued by the court. The normal process of appeal review exists for this purpose." Roberts is part of the conservative majority of the Supreme Court, although he has a moderate profile. He will be nominated in the career of former President George W. Bush.

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This week's cap the White House will challenge the judiciary by deporting more than 200 Venezuelans to the prisoners In El Salvador, in addition to Boasberg's judicial ruling ordering the process to be halted, the official argument is that the court had stated that the judge issued the order in writing, and that he had given the order verbally. The press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, is going to hint here that s'havia Ignore the verbal order when it comes to doubt that it has the value of a written court order. Boasberg had donated late this week because the Trump administration certified in writing that the person had been deported after the court order had gone into effect. This is clear information to determine whether his authority was finally disobeyed.

They do not reveal the time the flight took off and it is not clear if they disobeyed the oral court order

The Trump administration's Justice Department responded to the judge's request Tuesday afternoon, but with a partial response. In a brief filing, the department's lawyers say that neither deportation flight took off after the judge's written order to detain them arrived at 7:25 p.m. Saturday. But they don't say when the two planes took off, leaving unanswered the question of whether they took off after Boasberg's oral order was issued at 6:45 p.m. that day.

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In the hearing Boasberg had called yesterday, Monday, to ask why his order had apparently been ignored by the White House, the Justice Department had argued that "an oral order is not enforceable like a [written] court order," but it also didn't clarify whether that oral order had been disobeyed. Government lawyer Abhishek Kambli declined to answer any detailed questions about the deportation flights, arguing that Trump had broad authority to expel immigrants with little or no due process under the Alien Enemies Act.

Beyond the lack of cooperation, before the hearing could even begin, the Justice Department attempted to shut it down, and in an even more extreme move, Justice asked the federal appeals court that oversees the judge to remove Boasberg from the case. "This judge, like so many of the other corrupt judges who force me to appear before them, should be subjected to one," he said. impeachment"Trump said Tuesday in a message on the Truth Social network.

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The attempt to subject the judge to one impeachment, which has now been blocked by the Supreme Court, may seem like a Trumpian slip of the tongue, but several Republican congressmen had supported him and even suggested the possibility of using the mechanism against other judges who question Trump's executive orders.