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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/rep-biggs-moves-to-oust-judge- boasberg-without-impeachment/ar-AA1C96Kh
Rep. Andy Biggs, a Republican from Arizona, submitted a resolution on
Monday to remove Judge James Boasberg from office after he blocked
President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement efforts.
The chief judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia issued an order last month trying to block Trump from sending
five illegal aliens, who were alleged Tren de Aragua members, to the CECOT prison in El Salvador.
Other members of Congress have since called for Boasberg’s impeachment,
with Rep. Brandon Gill, a Republican from Texas, submitting legislation to
that effect.
But Biggs submitted a separate resolution and asserted that Congress
already has the authority to remove Boasberg without impeaching him.
“Article III, Section 1 of the Constitution gives Congress the authority
to establish all federal courts inferior to the U.S. Supreme Court, and establishes that judges may only hold their positions during good
behavior,” a press release from Biggs’ office said.
“This provision is separate and distinct from Congress’s authority to
impeach civil officers for ‘Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors,’” the document added.
Because Boasberg “knowingly and unjustly interfered with President Trump’s execution of foreign policy and targeted President Trump for partisan
purposes and political gain,” Biggs’ office said that “Under the Good
Behavior Clause, Boasberg’s actions constitute misbehavior and subject him
to removal from office.”
“We cannot stand by while activist judges who incorrectly believe they
have more authority than the duly-elected President of the United States, impose their own political agenda on the American people,” Biggs remarked
in a statement.
The lawmaker noted that removing Boasberg with a resolution is more likely
to succeed than an impeachment.
“I have cosponsored resolutions to impeach Judge Boasberg. His removal
from office via impeachment, however, will undoubtedly be blocked by
Democrats in the Senate, since it requires a two-thirds majority,” he
added.
“My resolution, on the other hand, asserts, pursuant to Article III,
Section 1, that rogue judges may be removed the same way we confirm
them—by a simple majority.”
The resolution from Biggs indeed called itself an “article of removal
exhibited by the House of Representatives of the United States of America
in the name of itself and of the people of the United States of America.”
The legislation contended that Boasberg violated his oath by interfering
with Trump’s prerogatives as head of the executive branch.
Biggs noted in the resolution that Congress has “the authority to create, eliminate, and regulate all Federal courts inferior to the Supreme Court.”
That means Congress also has the “authority to remove a judge who fails to remain in good behavior while in office.”
Biggs added in his press release that “Congress has a duty to fulfill the promises we’ve made to the American people."
Those promises include "defending the President’s authority to enforce our laws.”
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