Demand Justice Slams Efforts To Crown Trump King By Kneecapping The Judiciary

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

April 1, 2025

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Washington, DC– On Tuesday, the House Judiciary Committee held a sham hearing on nationwide injunctions, with MAGA Republicans leveling a barrage of attacks against district judges who have ruled against the Trump administration. They repeatedly called independent judges appointed by presidents from both parties “rogue” for halting the lawless actions of the executive branch. HJC Chair Jim Jordan even went so far as to attack Judge Boasberg’s order in the Signalgate scandal, instead of the Trump officials who shared sensitive attack plans over text.

In response, Demand Justice Interim Executive Director Maggie Jo Buchanan released the following statement:

“MAGA extremists are playing a dangerous game by continuing to attack our Constitution’s system of checks and balances, and the independence of the judiciary, that have helped our democracy survive for hundreds of years. Improvements to safeguard our courts’ independence would be welcome–but politically motivated stunts designed to empower one man above all serve the opposite purpose. Our judiciary must serve a crucial function in checking the executive branch, and independent judges who have stopped lawless actions from the President are only upholding their oaths to the Constitution and the rule of law. 

“The far-right seems to believe that they have elected a king who can do whatever he pleases, no matter the rule of law or how devastating the consequences are for the American people. This political stunt is little more than an attempt to kneecap the federal courts and advance the administration’s radical agenda.” 

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