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Judge Boasberg Keeps Getting Assigned Trump Cases. Lawmakers Want to Know Why.

Judge James Boasberg, the chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, has repeatedly been assigned cases to do with President Donald Trump's second term, as Townhall has been covering. Congress has taken notice, and the House last month passed a bill to rein in rogue judges like Boasberg and others. Questions still remain, though, and on Monday, Townhall obtained a letter from Reps. Jim Jordan (R-OH), Darrell Issa (R-CA), and Chip Roy (R-TX) regarding such concerns. The letter was sent to Angela D. Caesar, the Clerk of the Court for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

As the letter begins in part by mentioning, the second Trump term has been hit with over 30 nationwide injunctions, with the term having started just over 100 days ago.

"Many of these nationwide injunctions have raised concerns that Article III judges are exceeding their constitutional authority by replacing the policy decisions of the duly elected President with their own preferences, eroding public trust in the integrity and fairness of our judicial system. Many high-profile cases challenging policy decisions of the Trump Administration have been filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (District Court)," the letter mentions early on, referencing a key concern as well as previewing how Congress may look to be doing more. "As Congress considers potential legislative reforms to address the abuse of nationwide injunctions and adjust the national distribution and local assignment of cases challenging Executive Branch policy decisions, we write to request information about the District Court’s assignment of cases."

Yesterday, CBS ran a very encouraging story headlined, “Justice Dept. slaps Judge James Boasberg with misconduct complaint.” You remember corpse-like Judge Boasberg, the DC Circuit’s Chief Judge, who somehow ‘randomly’ keeps drawing Trump cases, and who bears an uncannily resemblance to Lurch from the Adams Family...

Under the Judicial Conduct and Disability Act of 1980 (28 U.S.C. §§ 351–364), misconduct complaints against federal judges are usually filed with the clerk of the court of appeals for that circuit— here, the D.C. Circuit. But if the complaint is against the chief judge, like Boasberg, then the next most senior judge on the D.C. Circuit, if not disqualified or conflicted, will review the complaint as ‘acting chief judge’ for this purpose.

At the time of press, it wasn’t clear which judge would get this hot potato. Don’t set your expectations too high; most D.C. Circuit Judges suffer from fulminating Trump Derangement— it’s only a matter of degree. The most likely outcome is dismissal. There’s a limited right of appeal to a special judicial council of more D.C. Circuit judges, but that’s it.

Still, the DOJ is showing signs of life and fighting back. We’ll soon see if this goes anywhere.

The most likely outcome is dismissal.