Mike Johnson to huddle with House Judiciary lawmakers amid Trump court docket standoff
FIRST ON FOX: Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is predicted to privately meet with Republican members of the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, two folks conversant in the plans informed Fox News Digital.
The timing or purpose for the assembly is just not instantly clear, however it comes as Republicans in Congress map out how to reply to what they see as “activist” judges blocking President Donald Trump’s agenda.
The committee is at the moment scheduled to mark up a number of items of laws, unrelated to the judicial standoff, on Tuesday morning at 10 a.m. ET. Johnson is scheduled to carry his weekly press convention at the moment.
It comes because the Trump administration has confronted more than a dozen injunctions from varied district court docket judges throughout the nation on a spread of coverage choices.
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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., talks with reporters on the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., introduced on X Monday that lawmakers could be voting on a invoice subsequent week led by Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., to restrict U.S. district court docket judges’ capability at hand down nationwide injunctions.
Fox News Digital was informed final week that Trump himself expressed curiosity within the invoice.
Meanwhile, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, is predicted to hold a hearing on the difficulty of activist judges early subsequent week.
Several conservative lawmakers have additionally launched or threatened resolutions to question particular judges blocking Trump’s agenda.
Johnson has been recognized to satisfy with varied factions of the House GOP when making an attempt to push key items of laws, notably when there are differing opinions on what to do, to make sure all lawmakers who need to specific a viewpoint are heard.
But House GOP leaders have additionally been privately cautious of getting behind any of the requires impeachment, anxious it will not be the simplest strategy.
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U.S. President Donald Trump indicators an government order within the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 7, 2025. (REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo/File Photo)
Trump, nevertheless, has beforehand signaled curiosity in impeaching U.S. district court docket Judge James Boasberg after he issued an emergency order blocking the administration’s deportation of suspected Tren de Aragua gang members underneath the Alien Enemies Act.
Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, launched a decision to question Boasberg for “abuse of power” final week. The laws gained three new supporters on Monday and now has 19 whole co-sponsors.
Some House Republicans expressed hesitation on the concept when requested by Fox News Digital on Monday night time, nevertheless.
“We shouldn’t lower the standard for impeachment, but we should – we meaning Congress – should provide a remedy for district court judges who totally overreach,” Rep. Nick LaLota, R-N.Y., stated.
Another House Republican who declined to be named stated they have been “totally opposed” to impeachment.
“That’s what the appeals process is for,” they stated.
Freshman GOP Rep. Brandon Gill launched a invoice to question US District Court Judge James Boasberg (Getty Images)
Rep. Marlin Stutzman, R-Ind., contended that the impeachment resolutions despatched a mandatory message.
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“The reason I sponsored Gill’s efforts is just – if we don’t say anything, the judges are going to be like, ‘Oh, we can do whatever we want.’ So they need to know that we are watching and that there’s a group of us that, if that’s what it takes, we would support that,” Stutzman stated.
Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., stated Issa’s invoice was a “start” however stated the House Freedom Caucus would have discussions about whether or not the group wished to push for impeachment.
Fox News Digital reached out to Johnson’s workplace and the House Judiciary Committee for remark however didn’t instantly hear again.
