After setting the contempt trap, Judge James Boasberg today snapped the trap shut with a wild 46-page opinion accusing Trump officials of "willful disregard" for his now vacated court orders.
Hmmm🤔 I suspect this is puzzling in a big picture sense for most rational readers - In the past eight years, Donald Trump has survived attempts to financially ruin him, incarcerate him and also to kill him. The cast of evil people behind these despicable acts include all senior members of the FBI, the senior personnel in the DOJ, the NY State justice system and most of the legacy (ie Democratic) media and the entire Democratic Party (along with some miscreant Republicans). Against these concerted and overwhelming efforts, Trump has prevailed and is in a position to destroy many of his treasonous enemies.
Despite this obvious show of strength and resilience, Judge Jimmy BoBo thinks he is the man destined to bring Trump down. I’m not sure what he’s smoking or injecting, but it clearly has the power to induce delirium. The light at the end of the tunnel is the Trump Train, heading directly toward Judge Jimmy. KaBoom 💥
"But the hardcore Democrat who calls January 6 an 'insurrection' and attended Trump’s arraignment on federal charges in August 2023 has fulfilled his immediate goal: bolster the prevailing narrative by Democrats and the media that the Trump White House is engaged in what Boasberg wrote is the 'willful disobedience of judicial orders.'"
That's the whole point: give legacy media a bogus talking point they will never retract once disproved. Into the hole it goes.
How can he hold them in contempt for an order which was without jurisdiction in the first place and which was vacated as a nothing. This guy is out of control.
What happens if DOJ doesn't file “declaration(s) identifying the individual(s) who, with knowledge of the Court’s classwide Temporary Restraining Order, made the decision not to halt the transfer of class members out of U.S. custody on March 15 and 16, 2025.” DOJ can just say SCOTUS vacated the temporary restraining order, so they don't have to respond. Does Boasberg's head explode?
Since the order all this was based on I do not believe they have to comply. No sane judge would even attempt such a thing. And yes his head will explode.
He cannot hold the United States in contempt for not complying with an order that the Supreme Court has said he had no jurisdiction to make. This is ridiculous.
Boasberg should be called on to testify before congressional committees, and subpoenaed if he declines.
There's a long list of questions for him to answer, beginning with, how did he, personally, come to be assigned this case? Was he the judge on call? If not, how did it happen he was assigned the case? Did he, as the Chief Judge of the DC court, assign it to himself? Why?
Did he not recognize the case was out of his court's jurisdiction?
Yes they should, but they are out of session until 4/28. When they get back I hope they go further than that and use one of the Resolutions I mentioned in my reply to make him come in!!
The current problem with SCOTUS is that Roberts is absolutely determined to restore "impartiality" to the Supreme Court by avoiding rulings on political hot potatoes as much as possible. However, by limiting involvment in highly-politicized cases, Roberts thereby abdicates the rule of law to lower-court judges who are happy to issue highly-politicized rulings. Roberts' limitation is destroying the legitimacy of the court faster than ever.
Utterly ridiculous, but I expected as much. He made it 46 pages, to give the media talking points in his favor and confuse the leftist branwashed masses, IF they attempted to read it.
I think, and this is just based on recent observations, that Boasberg is counting on the fact the appeals court will back him up and then when it goes up to SCOTUS, they will issue a mealy-mouthed statement (not an order!) like they did with Xinis on the Maryland Abrego-Garcia case.
He is also snubbing his nose at Congress (1st Branch)...who we voted in as well as President Trump (2nd Branch) - But DID NOT vote him in!! Therefore, he believes he doesn't have to answer to any of US apparently. He also most likely set the first hearing for 4/23 because he knows Congress is not back in session until 4/28.
Time for Rep Andy Biggs to move forward on his H.Res. 270 to outright remove Boasberg (3/31/25)
OR for Rep Brandon Gill to move forward with his H.Res. 229 to Impeach Boasberg (3/18/25) of which Biggs is also a co-sponsor of along with 21 others...
Both have been referred to the Judiciary Committee and we know impeachment will not fly in the Senate, so he wouldn't be removed. I believe that is imperative, so I would like to see H.Res. 270 move forward immediately when they get back - if not sooner by calling a special committee meeting by 4/23 (after Easter of course), or right after. They certainly cannot think they should wait until SCOTUS makes some kind of "statement" or refuses to take a stance on Boasberg's overreach!
In the meantime, I'm pretty sure the DOJ will appeal and I would think ask for a stay on the response date of 4/23 as well.
Thank you for the information about what little the U.S. House has done. They need to impeach this usurper of the Constitution, regardless of whether the Senate will convict him. Doing so forces the Democrat senators to vote in favor of keeping this despicable judge.
You're very welcome James. I just came across Gill's impeachment resolution, so it kind of surprised me because of the discussion about an impeachment not "removing" him. Biggs on the other hand was talking about simply removing him for several reasons (past FISA involvement in Russia hoax, past Immigration releases, and the J6 persecutions & long sentencing) on several alt media platforms, including Bannon's Warroom and LindellTv hosts several weeks before he introduced it, got a consensus on votes for using the "remain sitting as long as in good behavior". Then apparently both sat in Judiciary committee since introduced.
Not sure, but I can only surmise there's more to this...possibly waited to get this last push/attempt to "get Trump" on contempt and see how SCOTUS reacts now.
I agreed about impeachment before Biggs bringing up alternative way to remove and actually signed on to Mike Davis's impeachment petition. And I'm still in favor of it, but hate the idea this Judge could remain on the bench. IDK for sure, but I really don't feel forcing the Democrat senators to vote in favor of keeping him will make much difference in the long run. It will be taken as a "win" by all the talking heads and the never trumpers will gleefully throw it in our faces. There's a lot of people out there that still believe all the lies and orange man bad stuff and that will not change if they don't get more constitutional lessons. I think of it this way...when they impeached Trump he was impeached (wrongfully by a unconstitutional method), but he was acquitted by the Senate - and it didn't matter to the Dems - he was still guilty. In this case they will be saying "See Boasberg's not guilty". And then none of the other rogue Judges will be either....the precedent will give them more power.
So. that's why I'm looking more at this removal by who put him in place to begin with - Congress Judiciary Committees (House & Senate) can take a Judge off the bench as easily as they put them on. Let him try to explain himself in front of the world...he won't be able to show unbias or righteousness with all the background involvement in past and present lawfare against a campaigning and sitting President.
That's what I'm looking forward to - while we have the opportunity with both chambers, and that's what I think is the only way to change the Judicial system back to constitutional rule of law and balance of the 3 branches.
Many Americans who only hear top of the hour news or 30 minutes on abcnbccbscnnnytlat, etc, at night, will only hear Trump is throwing judges off the bench.
One has to applaud Judge Boasberg for his temperament. Stone cold hostile activist. He is standing there, like the doped-up left-wing activists at Republican town hall gatherings, shouting and stomping his feet and screaming out insanities. He sticks his chin out at the House of Representatives, daring them to show just a tiny bit of courage, knowing that cowardice runs deep in the veins of Speaker Johnson and Rep. Jordan. He knows what he is doing... so one has to admire the performance.
Oh, yes, you do. Especially a practiced spoiled brat who consistently gets what he wants, what he intends. One has to applaud the brazen disregard for rights or the desires of others. One has to applaud the sneer that dismisses the welfare of the other, the scorn with which the most tender of sentiments is dashed to bits. And one has to applaud, with irony, with knowing that such offenses are the fruit of those who lack courage, those who lack integrity. In applauding the unruly brat, we are shining a light on the feckless, failing monitors of order and justice and civility. The applause for Boasberg is a reprimand to Johnson, Jordan, and the Republican caucus.
It would be interesting if it were a joke. My heart goes out to the missing (300,000) children and the neighborhoods that are having to live with all the leeches and criminals Biden brought in. Meanwhile, this manipulator is bringing more drama and hurting more people in the process.
Realize we the taxpayers pay this judges salary and he spent his time writing a 46 page paper on a ruling that SCOTUS already ruled on and therefore totally irrelevant. What a waste of taxpayer money. Trump should do what Pelosi did to his state of the union speech and rips it to shreds right to his face!
Yeah Trump is trying to do everything by the book. We didn't vote for this guy either and since he's going against our mandates, we need to have Trump's back and REQUIRE the House to move forward with their Removal or Impeachment Resolutions ASAP - they return to session on 4/28.
Boasberg, who claims to be acting under his "inherent powers", thinks he gave himself jurisdiction by issuing an order in a case that the U. S. Supreme Court has already held he had no jurisdiction to hear. Jurisdiction is so serious a matter that judges, who act without jurisdiction, can be personally sued for damages. If Boasberg continues his mission to track down and hold a person in criminal contempt, he will violate that individual's due process rights. That person will be able to sue Boasberg personally in a 1983 action. Think about how that would work out for him. Boasberg, who is operating without authority and without jurisdiction, could not be defended in a civil action by DOJ and the U. S. taxpayers could not legally pay his legal fees after he was ordered to knock it off by the U. S. Supreme Court. Boasberg is flying without a net right now. The Administration needs to stop reacting and should let him keep flying. Forget curing the contempt. Forget appealing. Let this guy fly himself into the big Trump wall he is determined to slam himself into.
Thanks for such a quick explanation of the latest crazy judge decision. You’re right, it’s to “bolster” and control the narrative. Crazy that they want to bolster the ‘let’s bring back the rapists & muderous illegals asap’ narrative.
Hmmm🤔 I suspect this is puzzling in a big picture sense for most rational readers - In the past eight years, Donald Trump has survived attempts to financially ruin him, incarcerate him and also to kill him. The cast of evil people behind these despicable acts include all senior members of the FBI, the senior personnel in the DOJ, the NY State justice system and most of the legacy (ie Democratic) media and the entire Democratic Party (along with some miscreant Republicans). Against these concerted and overwhelming efforts, Trump has prevailed and is in a position to destroy many of his treasonous enemies.
Despite this obvious show of strength and resilience, Judge Jimmy BoBo thinks he is the man destined to bring Trump down. I’m not sure what he’s smoking or injecting, but it clearly has the power to induce delirium. The light at the end of the tunnel is the Trump Train, heading directly toward Judge Jimmy. KaBoom 💥
He should consider Letitia James as a cautionary tale.
"But the hardcore Democrat who calls January 6 an 'insurrection' and attended Trump’s arraignment on federal charges in August 2023 has fulfilled his immediate goal: bolster the prevailing narrative by Democrats and the media that the Trump White House is engaged in what Boasberg wrote is the 'willful disobedience of judicial orders.'"
That's the whole point: give legacy media a bogus talking point they will never retract once disproved. Into the hole it goes.
Judge Bogusberg
Just like the “fine people” false narrative that keeps rearing its ugly head.
How can he hold them in contempt for an order which was without jurisdiction in the first place and which was vacated as a nothing. This guy is out of control.
Sadly, he believes his own drivel. More stupid than out of control.
What happens if DOJ doesn't file “declaration(s) identifying the individual(s) who, with knowledge of the Court’s classwide Temporary Restraining Order, made the decision not to halt the transfer of class members out of U.S. custody on March 15 and 16, 2025.” DOJ can just say SCOTUS vacated the temporary restraining order, so they don't have to respond. Does Boasberg's head explode?
Since the order all this was based on I do not believe they have to comply. No sane judge would even attempt such a thing. And yes his head will explode.
How can SCOTUS have a split decision on jurisdiction? Jurisdiction is the very first box that gets checked...
And very jealous.
He cannot hold the United States in contempt for not complying with an order that the Supreme Court has said he had no jurisdiction to make. This is ridiculous.
The weasels on the SC better get off their deadasses and put an end to this ridiculous behavior. Now.
Boasberg is an unelected official.
Boasberg was on the FISA court allowing all of the Comey and McCabe fake warrants to be processed.
Anyone know who the others on the FISA court were? Did they have it in for Trump back then too?
Sounds like sour grapes with this Boasberg who (already) doesn't like Trump.
Sure let's just bring back criminals who terrorized out country. That sounds so democratic. BRING OUR VOTERS BACK!!!
Boasberg should be called on to testify before congressional committees, and subpoenaed if he declines.
There's a long list of questions for him to answer, beginning with, how did he, personally, come to be assigned this case? Was he the judge on call? If not, how did it happen he was assigned the case? Did he, as the Chief Judge of the DC court, assign it to himself? Why?
Did he not recognize the case was out of his court's jurisdiction?
Yes they should, but they are out of session until 4/28. When they get back I hope they go further than that and use one of the Resolutions I mentioned in my reply to make him come in!!
Could this deep state bureaucracy brown-noser be any more butthurt?
The SC always seems to find a technicality to weasel out of making any real decisions. They have become irrelevant.
The current problem with SCOTUS is that Roberts is absolutely determined to restore "impartiality" to the Supreme Court by avoiding rulings on political hot potatoes as much as possible. However, by limiting involvment in highly-politicized cases, Roberts thereby abdicates the rule of law to lower-court judges who are happy to issue highly-politicized rulings. Roberts' limitation is destroying the legitimacy of the court faster than ever.
Utterly ridiculous, but I expected as much. He made it 46 pages, to give the media talking points in his favor and confuse the leftist branwashed masses, IF they attempted to read it.
I think, and this is just based on recent observations, that Boasberg is counting on the fact the appeals court will back him up and then when it goes up to SCOTUS, they will issue a mealy-mouthed statement (not an order!) like they did with Xinis on the Maryland Abrego-Garcia case.
He is also snubbing his nose at Congress (1st Branch)...who we voted in as well as President Trump (2nd Branch) - But DID NOT vote him in!! Therefore, he believes he doesn't have to answer to any of US apparently. He also most likely set the first hearing for 4/23 because he knows Congress is not back in session until 4/28.
Time for Rep Andy Biggs to move forward on his H.Res. 270 to outright remove Boasberg (3/31/25)
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/270/text
OR for Rep Brandon Gill to move forward with his H.Res. 229 to Impeach Boasberg (3/18/25) of which Biggs is also a co-sponsor of along with 21 others...
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/229/text
Both have been referred to the Judiciary Committee and we know impeachment will not fly in the Senate, so he wouldn't be removed. I believe that is imperative, so I would like to see H.Res. 270 move forward immediately when they get back - if not sooner by calling a special committee meeting by 4/23 (after Easter of course), or right after. They certainly cannot think they should wait until SCOTUS makes some kind of "statement" or refuses to take a stance on Boasberg's overreach!
In the meantime, I'm pretty sure the DOJ will appeal and I would think ask for a stay on the response date of 4/23 as well.
Thank you for the information about what little the U.S. House has done. They need to impeach this usurper of the Constitution, regardless of whether the Senate will convict him. Doing so forces the Democrat senators to vote in favor of keeping this despicable judge.
You're very welcome James. I just came across Gill's impeachment resolution, so it kind of surprised me because of the discussion about an impeachment not "removing" him. Biggs on the other hand was talking about simply removing him for several reasons (past FISA involvement in Russia hoax, past Immigration releases, and the J6 persecutions & long sentencing) on several alt media platforms, including Bannon's Warroom and LindellTv hosts several weeks before he introduced it, got a consensus on votes for using the "remain sitting as long as in good behavior". Then apparently both sat in Judiciary committee since introduced.
Not sure, but I can only surmise there's more to this...possibly waited to get this last push/attempt to "get Trump" on contempt and see how SCOTUS reacts now.
I agreed about impeachment before Biggs bringing up alternative way to remove and actually signed on to Mike Davis's impeachment petition. And I'm still in favor of it, but hate the idea this Judge could remain on the bench. IDK for sure, but I really don't feel forcing the Democrat senators to vote in favor of keeping him will make much difference in the long run. It will be taken as a "win" by all the talking heads and the never trumpers will gleefully throw it in our faces. There's a lot of people out there that still believe all the lies and orange man bad stuff and that will not change if they don't get more constitutional lessons. I think of it this way...when they impeached Trump he was impeached (wrongfully by a unconstitutional method), but he was acquitted by the Senate - and it didn't matter to the Dems - he was still guilty. In this case they will be saying "See Boasberg's not guilty". And then none of the other rogue Judges will be either....the precedent will give them more power.
So. that's why I'm looking more at this removal by who put him in place to begin with - Congress Judiciary Committees (House & Senate) can take a Judge off the bench as easily as they put them on. Let him try to explain himself in front of the world...he won't be able to show unbias or righteousness with all the background involvement in past and present lawfare against a campaigning and sitting President.
That's what I'm looking forward to - while we have the opportunity with both chambers, and that's what I think is the only way to change the Judicial system back to constitutional rule of law and balance of the 3 branches.
Many Americans who only hear top of the hour news or 30 minutes on abcnbccbscnnnytlat, etc, at night, will only hear Trump is throwing judges off the bench.
I agree with you, but will Congress find the will to follow through? Congress is worse than the judiciary!
It is time to charge arrest try and imprison the "faux"
"Judge"
One has to applaud Judge Boasberg for his temperament. Stone cold hostile activist. He is standing there, like the doped-up left-wing activists at Republican town hall gatherings, shouting and stomping his feet and screaming out insanities. He sticks his chin out at the House of Representatives, daring them to show just a tiny bit of courage, knowing that cowardice runs deep in the veins of Speaker Johnson and Rep. Jordan. He knows what he is doing... so one has to admire the performance.
Are you insane! You don't admire nor encourage a unruly spoiled brat
Oh, yes, you do. Especially a practiced spoiled brat who consistently gets what he wants, what he intends. One has to applaud the brazen disregard for rights or the desires of others. One has to applaud the sneer that dismisses the welfare of the other, the scorn with which the most tender of sentiments is dashed to bits. And one has to applaud, with irony, with knowing that such offenses are the fruit of those who lack courage, those who lack integrity. In applauding the unruly brat, we are shining a light on the feckless, failing monitors of order and justice and civility. The applause for Boasberg is a reprimand to Johnson, Jordan, and the Republican caucus.
It would be interesting if it were a joke. My heart goes out to the missing (300,000) children and the neighborhoods that are having to live with all the leeches and criminals Biden brought in. Meanwhile, this manipulator is bringing more drama and hurting more people in the process.
More law-fair, No surprise.
Realize we the taxpayers pay this judges salary and he spent his time writing a 46 page paper on a ruling that SCOTUS already ruled on and therefore totally irrelevant. What a waste of taxpayer money. Trump should do what Pelosi did to his state of the union speech and rips it to shreds right to his face!
Yeah Trump is trying to do everything by the book. We didn't vote for this guy either and since he's going against our mandates, we need to have Trump's back and REQUIRE the House to move forward with their Removal or Impeachment Resolutions ASAP - they return to session on 4/28.
Can they return any sooner?
Boasberg, who claims to be acting under his "inherent powers", thinks he gave himself jurisdiction by issuing an order in a case that the U. S. Supreme Court has already held he had no jurisdiction to hear. Jurisdiction is so serious a matter that judges, who act without jurisdiction, can be personally sued for damages. If Boasberg continues his mission to track down and hold a person in criminal contempt, he will violate that individual's due process rights. That person will be able to sue Boasberg personally in a 1983 action. Think about how that would work out for him. Boasberg, who is operating without authority and without jurisdiction, could not be defended in a civil action by DOJ and the U. S. taxpayers could not legally pay his legal fees after he was ordered to knock it off by the U. S. Supreme Court. Boasberg is flying without a net right now. The Administration needs to stop reacting and should let him keep flying. Forget curing the contempt. Forget appealing. Let this guy fly himself into the big Trump wall he is determined to slam himself into.
Thanks for such a quick explanation of the latest crazy judge decision. You’re right, it’s to “bolster” and control the narrative. Crazy that they want to bolster the ‘let’s bring back the rapists & muderous illegals asap’ narrative.