The American people are exhausted watching activist federal judges upend commonsense policies while career politicians in Washington wring their hands instead of acting. President Trump and a number of House conservatives publicly demanded accountability after a string of rulings that effectively halted administration actions, including a high-profile push to remove Judge James Boasberg after he blocked deportations.
Judge Boasberg’s order stopping certain deportations under the administration’s wartime authority triggered a firestorm because it put dangerous criminals and cartel allies back on the streets rather than following the law and protecting communities. Conservatives see this as textbook judicial overreach where a single district judge can stall national policy with sweeping orders that have nationwide consequences.
Rather than charging forward with impeachments, House GOP leaders pivoted toward hearings, legislation, and budget pressure to rein in activist jurists — including a push to curtail the power of district courts to issue nationwide injunctions. That pragmatic strategy is meant to build durable fixes, but many grassroots conservatives rightly worry it’s a stall tactic that lets judicial activists keep rewriting policy from the bench.
Even the chief justice felt compelled to warn that impeachment should not be used as a response to disagreeable rulings, a stance that has given cover to timid Republicans who prefer the appearance of action to the hard fight. Washington’s institutional reflex to protect the status quo is palpable, and it’s costing ordinary Americans their safety and sovereignty.
Leadership’s reluctance to pursue impeachment is also practical politics: House insiders admit they don’t have the votes and Senate leaders signal they won’t convict, so many in top positions counsel patience. That may be realistic, but it shouldn’t be an excuse for moral cowardice; if judges are plainly abusing their office to nullify laws and weaponize the bench, elected conservatives have a duty to use every constitutional tool available.
A number of respected jurists have warned that impeachment used to short-circuit appeals would be dangerous, and that caution deserves respect — but caution is not the same as paralysis when there are clear patterns of partisan decision-making that threaten the republic. The proper path is to document abuses thoroughly in public hearings, pass legislation to limit judicial overreach, and, where misconduct rises to high crimes and misdemeanors, proceed with removal.
Conservatives must stop treating the judiciary like a sacred cow and start treating it like a branch of government accountable to the people. Encourage your representatives to hold rigorous, televised hearings, to pass common-sense reforms that restore the balance of power, and to be prepared to take the political heat when the evidence shows judges are operating as partisan actors rather than impartial arbiters. No more excuses, no more delays — the safety, liberty, and rule of law of our country demand nothing less.
