Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chair of the House Judiciary Committee, told Newsmax on Friday that he expects lawmakers to hold hearings as soon as next week regarding the spate of rulings by mostly Democrat-appointed federal judges that have hindered President Donald Trump’s policies.
The flurry of legal rulings in the past month from district court judges against Trump administration initiatives ranged from halting the Department of Government Efficiency’s efforts to streamline the federal government, to eliminating federal diversity, equity,and inclusion programs, to deporting violent criminal illegal immigrants.
The latest legal fight involves U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, a Barack Obama appointee, who has temporarily halted the deportation flights of violent criminal illegal immigrants who the administration said are members of the ruthless Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua. Boasberg demanded the administration Saturday to order flights to return to the U.S., but the administration did not comply.
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