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Northern_Light

(45 posts)
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 08:03 PM Mar 2025

Speaker Mike Johnson floats eliminating federal courts as GOP ramps up attacks on judges

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Source: NBC News

WASHINGTON — Facing pressure from his right flank to take on judges who have ruled against President Donald Trump, Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., on Tuesday floated the possibility of Congress eliminating some federal courts.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/speaker-mike-johnson-floats-eliminating-federal-courts-rcna197986

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Speaker Mike Johnson floats eliminating federal courts as GOP ramps up attacks on judges (Original Post) Northern_Light Mar 2025 OP
No thanks, magat mike SheltieLover Mar 2025 #1
"Some courts" translation: B.See Mar 2025 #2
Locking. Dupe of https://democraticunderground.com/10143425483 GP6971 Mar 2025 #3

SheltieLover

(76,149 posts)
1. No thanks, magat mike
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 08:04 PM
Mar 2025

B.See

(7,638 posts)
2. "Some courts" translation:
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 08:08 PM
Mar 2025

The ones that don't/refuse to rubber-stamp whatever the fk Trump/MAGA wants/TELLS them to do.

GP6971

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3. Locking. Dupe of https://democraticunderground.com/10143425483
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 08:10 PM
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