Speaker of the House "MAGA" Mike Johnson has threatened to eliminate Federal courts that disagree with the current administration. I guess appeals take too long.
While unwilling to execute Congress's job of oversight when it comes to DOGE gutting its funded programs, Speaker Johnson seems willing to get involved when it comes to defending the Trump administration's illegal programs. Rather than go down the difficult, but certainly not impossible, path of finding enough Democrats in the Senate to impeach a sitting judge for a ruling they do not like, Republicans will just start de-funding the judiciary as if it were PBS or Planned Parenthood.
This proposition marks a significant escalation in the ongoing tension between the legislative and judicial branches of the U.S. government.
During a press conference earlier today, Speaker Johnson stated, "We do have authority over the federal courts. As you know, we can eliminate an entire district court. We have power of funding over the courts and all these other things. But desperate times call for desperate measures, and Congress is going to act."
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