On March 15, 2025, Judge James Boasberg ordered Trump to turn around a flight returning illegals to Venezuela. The judge also banned Trump from using the Alien Enemies Act to supersede judicial opposition. Conservatives were incensed by this obvious overreach. Online Trump supporters advocated for the President to ignore the judge in order to secure the border.
Congressman Brandon Gill (R-Texas) said he would pursue legal action against Judge Boasberg. His post went massively viral, and many conservative commentators added their thoughts on the issue. Many of the comments expressed their frustration with the obstruction of justice.
Gill announced on X that he would look to impeach the activist judge. He said, “I’ll be filing Articles of Impeachment against activist judge James Boasberg this week.” The post went massively viral, and many commentators added their opinions. One user said, “Democrat judges are literally letting your children die and women get assaulted/trafficked because “muh orange man bad” let that sink in.”
Another reply explained how to solve the issue with activist judges. The comment read, “With these judges, you have to do two things. 1) Ignore all their rulings 2) Start investigations into these activist judges. I’m positive you will find corruption. Then you impeach them and make the Democrats vote to defend their criminality.”
Another read, “There needs to be a check on judges who feel they can recall foreign aircraft with no idea of the safety or fuel implications after an international agreement has been made between to countries to remove dangerous criminal aliens. Congress needs to send these judges a message.” A reply to the last comment said, “Congress will never do anything unless you have a big scandal. FBI/DOJ need to do the work of exposing these criminal judges.”
One lengthy reply was confused by the event, “Can someone tell me why a federal judge is blocking the will of We the People that gave president Trump a mandate by an overwhelming victory of winning the electoral college and the popular vote to fulfill his campaign promise that he would deport all illegal aliens?” Another read, “Don’t stop at impeachment No more activist judges sabotaging the law. Impeach Boasberg, strip his pension, and prosecute.”
Another used a historical analogy to discuss the news, “Yesterday was the Ides of March. Trump has a choice. He can show leniency and forgive his enemies as Caesar did, and we know how that worked out, or he can use hard power like Caesar’s adopted nephew Augustus did. Augustus reshaped the courts. Our founders did not intend for there to be a permanent bureaucratic judicial leviathan.”
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One reply read, “good start holding these rogue judges accountable. They serve during good behavior. There rulings should be based on the constitution.”A comment said, “A Federal judge tried to stop Trump from deporting thugs, now he can get dragged through the impeachment process.” Another stated, “Great to see you taking a stand against judicial overreach, Congressman Gill Judge Boasberg’s actions are a perfect example of why we need to drain the swamp and restore accountability in our institutions Keep fighting for the American people and upholding the Constitution.”