“Chief Justice John Roberts said the impeachment of federal judges is “not an appropriate response” to disagreement with their rulings.
The extraordinary statement from the leader of #SCOTUS comes hours after #Trump called for the impeachment of a judge who tried to pause the deportation of hundreds of alleged Venezuelan gang members”
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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-18/us-chief-justice-calls-impeaching-judges-over-rulings-improper
@GottaLaff Well, let's see how far #SCOTUS is willing to go in engaging #POTUS and defending the #constitution and the institutions.
SCOTUS may be the best ally in preventing things from getting a lot worse.
@charly22 Oh in the US impeachment is not up to the judicial branch. It's a congressional process.
The Chief Justice is right to point out that such an impeachment would be inappropriate by existing norms and reasonable standards, but it's only an advisory opinion.
Constitutionally, Congress can impeach at will. It's purely up to them, and the Supreme Court has nothing to say about it.
