The administration's push back on Boasberg's court order, as expressed in court filings and press briefings, has inflamed Republicans push for the judge's removal, with Representa

President Donald Trump says the judge is a “Radical Left Lunatic” who should be impeached. The attorney general says he’s protecting terrorists. Justice Department lawyers say his rulings are undermining a vital effort to deport Venezuelan gang members.

He’s a former law school roommate of Brett Kavanaugh and his personality has poked through his rulings with quirky references to Star Trek and Fugees lyrics.

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.

Chief U.S. District Judge James Boasberg of the District of Columbia, a former prosecutor who gained a tough-on-crime reputation, finds himself surrounded by controversy in the wake of his ruling over deportation of alleged Venezuelan gang members.

Boasberg had given the administration until noon Thursday to either provide more details about the flights or make a claim that it must be withheld because it would harm “state secrets.” The administration resisted the judge’s request, calling it an “unnecessary judicial fishing” expedition.

tries to get U.S. District Judge James "Jeb" Boasberg impeached over what he described as his "unconstitutional" objection to the plan. Conservative U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts ...

Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act on Saturday, which grants the president authority to deport non-citizens without appearing before a judge, among other wartime authorities. Shortly after its invocation, Trump moved to deport around 250 people to El Salvador which Boasberg, a President Barack Obama appointee, ordered to temporarily halt.