Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts recently came to the defense of the federal courts in response to President Donald Trump calling for the impeachment of a judge who ruled against him. Now, his most devout supporters are making big demands to drastically remake one of the three branches of government.
The Daily Beast reported that the far-right commentariat has been setting its sights on the chief justice and the federal courts at large since Roberts' statement on Tuesday. The George W. Bush-appointed jurist emphasized that attacking judges who issued rulings that presidents disagreed with was out of bounds, and that anyone who dislikes a ruling should pursue their desired result through normal Constitutional means.
"[I]mpeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision," the chief justice stated. "The normal appellate review process exists for that purpose."
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But some MAGA-aligned accounts on X weren't satisfied with Roberts' suggested course of action. Pro-Trump commentator Michael Cernovich opined that America would be better off without a Supreme Court altogether.
"The Supreme Court has been such a drag on the country. They invent constitutional rights to bypass the will of the people," he tweeted. "Losing the Court is no loss at all, it is a gain for the country. It would allow issues to be decided democratically."
"Impeach John Roberts," tweeted popular MAGA pundit Catturd, who has more than three million followers. In a subsequent tweet, he argued that the chief justice has "always been a Trump hater."
Trump has been calling for the impeachment of U.S. District Judge James Boasberg — an appointee of former President Barack Obama — after he ordered two deportation flights be turned around due to Trump invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to carry out the deportations. The Trump administration alleged that those on board the two flights were members of a violent Venezuelan gang, though Boasberg stated in his ruling that even if they were confirmed members of the gang, a gang is not on the same legal footing as a hostile foreign government.
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"John Roberts is setting the entire judiciary on fire to protect Venezuelan terrorists," tweeted Sean Davis, who is the co-founder of far-right news outlet The Federalist.
"The more he acts like a craven politician, the more we are going to treat him like one," Davis wrote in a separate tweet. "A smarter man than him would understand that the moment the Chief Justice is viewed more as a slimy politician than a fair judge, it’s over for him and his precious judiciary."
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