Republicans Take Steps To Impeach Judge Who Ruled Against Trump Admin

Republican lawmakers are taking steps to impeach a judge who ruled against the Trump administration.

Wisconsin Rep. Derrick Van Orden introduced a resolution on Tuesday to impeach Obama-appointed U.S. District Court Judge Paul Engelmayer for issuing a temporary ruling that blocked the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing Treasury Department records, declaring the judge guilty of “high crimes and misdemeanors.”

“Paul Engelmayer, as a judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, engaged in judicial misconduct when he halted President Donald J. Trump’s Executive order establishing and implementing the President’s Department of Government Efficiency on purely political grounds, demonstrating clear bias and prejudice against the President and the 74,000,000 Americans who voted for him,” Orden’s resolution states.

The resolution does not include evidence of corruption. Rather, it claims Engelmayer “abused his judicial office by using his authority to further personal or political interests, contrary to the constitutional responsibility to apply the law impartially, including the improper handling of this case in a manner that demonstrates favoritism or undue influence, undermining the fundamental principles of justice.” (RELATED: The Left’s Sue-Everything-That-Moves Strategy May End Up Delivering Trump Ultimate Victory)

Republican Arizona Rep. Eli Crane announced on X that he would be introducing a similar resolution against Engelmayer on Friday. Republican Georgia Rep. Andrew Clyde announced Feb. 12 that he is drafting articles of impeachment against U.S. District Judge John McConnell Jr., who issued a temporary order blocking Trump’s spending freeze.

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Elon Musk has called for impeaching judges over rulings blocking Trump’s agenda.

If an impeachment resolution passes a vote in the house, it goes to the Senate for a trial and conviction requiring a two-thirds majority.

Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez introduced resolutions to impeach Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito in July 2024. Only 15 federal judges have ever been impeached, with only eight convicted.

The Trump administration is currently appealing another lower court order to the Supreme Court, which required the temporary reinstatement of Hampton Dellinger, head of the Office of Special Counsel. Dellinger sued after he was fired in an email Feb. 7.

In a filing Wednesday, Acting Solicitor General Sarah Harris wrote that temporary restraining orders (TROs) are “not blank checks for district courts to stop any and all presidential actions for up to a month at a time.”

“This Court should not allow district courts to enjoin the President’s exercise of his conclusive Article II powers and then tell the President to come back in two weeks or a month if he wants to appeal,” the administration’s filing stated. “The United States respectfully asks that this Court vacate the district  court’s unprecedented order and restore the executive power to the person whom the American people elected to exercise all of it—the President.”

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