President Donald Trump isn’t hiding his anger at U.S. District Judge James “Jeb” Boasberg. And MAGA rage at the 62-year-old jurist has led to an unusual statement from Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts defending judicial independence and rejecting Trump’s call for impeaching Boasberg.

The U.S. judge who temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from invoking wartime powers to deport migrants has for years handled high-stakes cases involving sensitive security or political issues - sometimes ruling in Trump's favor.

A federal judge instructed the Trump administration on Thursday to explain why its failure to turn around flights carrying deportees to El Salvador did not violate his court order in a growing showdown between the judicial and executive branches.