AFA of PA ACTION ALERT
March 19, 2025
Issue
Chief Justice Roberts is Wrong!
Details:
Chief Justice John Roberts’ statement on Monday in defense of Judge Boasberg is false. Roberts states, “[f]or more than two centuries, it has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision.” Roberts is wrong.
Some say Congress cannot impeach judges for their rulings in cases. History says otherwise. The first federal judge impeached and removed from office was Judge John Pickering in 1804 for ruling a case that defied the law. The articles charge that Pickering ruled “said act of Congress not regarding, but with intent to evade the same” and that he ruled “contrary to his trust and duty as a judge of the said district against the law of the United States and to the manifest injury of their revenue.” The same generation that drafted and ratified the impeachment and removal clauses knew them best and used them to remove Pickering for his radical rulings. The same can be done today.”
Suggestions from a Constitutional attorney: Members of the House and Senate should begin the process of reducing the budget of the entire judicial branch. The Constitution provides that compensation for judges and justices “shall not be diminished during their Continuance in Office.” However, it is entirely permissible for Congress to freeze judicial salaries, reduce the overall budget for the judicial branch by any amount, and force the court to maintain its salaries commensurate with the Constitution but reduce its budget in other areas. Speaking of Congress’ power of the purse, President Trump, House Speaker Mike Johnson and the Department of Government Efficiency might jointly investigate fraud, waste and abuse in the judicial branch and let those findings drive cuts in the judicial budget. That prospect might encourage the Supreme Court to better police its own branch.
Action Steps:
Contact your US Senator and US Representative here and tell them Congress has the authority to impeach judges who hand down rulings that are unconstitutional. The country’s executive, currently President Donald Trump, has the constitutional authority to oversee the executive branch of the government. This is why our Founding Fathers created three branches of government; they never envisioned the third, and supposedly weakest branch, to obtain the authority to override a president’s executive authority!
You can also contact President Trump here
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