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Mike Johnson
A new homework assignment.
Trump and Musk being mad about judges on social media means that a fresh new ticket is being printed for their short-order cook, House Speaker Mike Johnson. The absurd impeachment resolution against Boasberg is locked and loaded, as are articles against other judges who’ve impeded the administration’s ability to break the law. And yet, any of these resolutions may be too dead-brained and authoritarian to get out of the House—which tells you something—let alone to get two-thirds of senators to vote to convict. (Not to mention that taking up these measures would be an unneeded time suck for congressional Republicans, which is why plenty of Democrats might not mind seeing it happen.) Johnson, then, is considering other approaches to the subject that might satisfy the administration. He's considering, for example, allowing a vote on a bill from California Rep. Darrell Issa that would prevent district court judges from issuing nationwide injunctions. They could also vote on huffy resolutions declaring their distaste for Boasberg et al. It goes without saying that many Republican leaders and chairmen in Congress would prefer to be focusing on tax cut legislation now instead of fanatical, internally divisive efforts to break the federal judiciary. But the boss wants what the boss wants (the boss is Trump).
