Defiance of the courts

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Impeachment calls, misconduct complaints, and refusals to concede judicial authority

Statements and formal actions directed at the authority of federal judges rather than at the merits of their rulings — impeachment demands, judicial-misconduct complaints filed by the Justice Department, refusals to rule out arresting judges, and claims that courts may not constrain executive power.

  1. Feb 9, 2025 · Constitutional Order & Rule of Law · Confirmed
    Vice President Vance Says Judges Are Not Allowed to Control the Executive's Legitimate Power
  2. Feb 9, 2025 · Constitutional Order & Rule of Law · Confirmed
    Musk Calls Judge Engelmayer "Corrupt" and Demands His Impeachment
  3. Feb 15, 2025 · Constitutional Order & Rule of Law · Confirmed
    Trump Posts "He Who Saves His Country Does Not Violate Any Law"
  4. Feb 21, 2025 · Constitutional Order & Rule of Law · Confirmed
    Justice Department Files a Misconduct Complaint Against Judge Ana Reyes
    Legal outcome Complaint dismissed in full on 2025 09 29
  5. Feb 25, 2025 · Constitutional Order & Rule of Law · Confirmed
    Musk Calls for "An Immediate Wave of Judicial Impeachments"
  6. Mar 17, 2025 · Constitutional Order & Rule of Law · Confirmed
    Border Czar Homan Says "I Don't Care What the Judges Think"
  7. Mar 18, 2025 · Constitutional Order & Rule of Law · Confirmed
    Trump Demands Judge Boasberg's Impeachment and Chief Justice Roberts Responds
  8. Mar 18, 2025 · Constitutional Order & Rule of Law · Confirmed
    Articles of Impeachment Filed Against Judge Boasberg Over the Deportation Ruling
    Legal outcome Never brought to a floor vote
  9. Mar 19, 2025 · Constitutional Order & Rule of Law · Confirmed
    White House Says Judges Are "Acting as Partisan Activists From the Bench"
  10. Mar 21, 2025 · Constitutional Order & Rule of Law · Confirmed
    Presidential Memorandum Directs the Attorney General to Seek Sanctions Against Opposing Counsel
  11. Apr 25, 2025 · Constitutional Order & Rule of Law · Confirmed
    FBI Arrests a Sitting Milwaukee County Judge Over a Courthouse ICE Encounter
    Legal outcome Convicted of felony obstruction; fined $5,000 and resigned from the bench
  12. Apr 28, 2025 · Constitutional Order & Rule of Law · Well supported
    White House Declines to Rule Out Arresting Federal Judges
  13. May 28, 2025 · Constitutional Order & Rule of Law · Confirmed
    Stephen Miller Calls Adverse Rulings a "Judicial Coup"
  14. Jun 27, 2025 · Constitutional Order & Rule of Law · Confirmed
    After Trump v. CASA, the White House Says District Courts Can No Longer Bind the Nation
  15. Jul 28, 2025 · Constitutional Order & Rule of Law · Confirmed
    Justice Department Files a Judicial Misconduct Complaint Against Chief Judge Boasberg
  16. Aug 14, 2025 · Constitutional Order & Rule of Law · Well supported
    Attorney General Bondi Warns Sanctuary Jurisdictions "We're Going to Come After You"
  17. Oct 4, 2025 · Constitutional Order & Rule of Law · Confirmed
    White House Official Calls a Trump Appointee's Ruling "Legal Insurrection"
  18. Nov 4, 2025 · Constitutional Order & Rule of Law · Confirmed
    Second Set of Impeachment Articles Filed Against Judge Boasberg
    Legal outcome Did not advance to a floor vote
  19. Mar 15, 2026 · Constitutional Order & Rule of Law · Confirmed
    Trump Calls the Supreme Court "Inept" and Demands Boasberg's Removal
  20. Jun 23, 2026 · Constitutional Order & Rule of Law · Well supported
    DHS Calls a Nationwide Courthouse-Arrest Ruling "Naked Judicial Activism"
    Legal outcome Courthouse-arrest guidance vacated nationwide
  21. Jul 28, 2026 · Constitutional Order & Rule of Law · Well supported
    Justice Department Subpoenas Law Firm Partners and Moves to Disqualify the ABA's Counsel