Bannon and Davis suggest suspending habeas if SCOTUS requires due process for deportations
Steve Bannon and Mike Davis suggested that Trump suspend habeas corpus if SCOTUS reaffirmed that immigrants have due process rights.
Threats to the Rule of Law
Under the Trump administration, attacks on the rule of law and the justice system are coming from all angles. It can feel impossible to keep track of legislation, executive orders, statements from right-wing media, and more–so let us do it for you.
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Threats By Trump & Allies
Religious right figure suggests imprisoning judges who rule against Trump
MAGA pastor Shane Vaughn said on YouTube that judges who rule against Trump “should be put in prison for treason.”
Religious right figure suggests judges who rule against Trump risk “another civil war”
Religious right commentator Rick Joyner suggested that if courts continue to “interfere” with Trump’s executive orders, it could lead to “another civil war.”
Religious right figure suggests Congress cut Judiciary’s budget
Phillip Jauregui, who leads an organization that uses lobbying, prayer and policy advocacy to influence the judiciary, suggested that Congress reduce the judiciary’s budget in response to the “activist judges” who were ruling against the Trump administration.
Right-wing media turn against Barrett for ruling against Trump
Numerous right-wing media figures attacked SCOTUS Justice Amy Coney Barrett after she joined a majority opinion requiring the Trump administration to pay contractors for work that had already been done. They called her a “DEI hire” and made racist statements against her family.
Right-wing media attack Boasberg for ruling against Trump
Numerous right-wing media figures attacked Chief Judge James Boasberg for ruling against Trump, calling for his impeachment, saying he “should be on a plane to Gitmo,” and attacking his wife and daughter.
Right-wing media criticize Roberts for defending judges
Numerous right-wing media figures denounced Chief Justice John Roberts when he suggested that judges shouldn’t be impeached just for ruling against Trump.
Fox News attacks judges who rule against Trump
Laura Ingraham responded to a federal judge concluding that the Trump administration had defied a court order by calling it a “scandal,” suggesting that his political donations and other work prior to becoming a judge were “as bad as you would imagine.” Judges who ruled against Trump were criticized elsewhere on Fox News that day as ignoring precedent, “anti-constitutional,” and “backwater.” These statements were part of a larger pattern of over 100 such statements aired on Fox News between January 28 and March 18, 2025.
Seeking to impeach a judge for ruling against Trump in a case challenging the defunding of USAID
H. Res. 174, Judge Ali
Seeking to impeach a judge for ruling against Trump in a case seeking to restore information to federal websites that was improperly removed
H. Res. 157, Judge Bates
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