A second federal judge is facing a long-shot bid by a Republican lawmaker to have him impeached as conservative members of the U.S. House of Representatives ramp up public criticism of judges who rule against U.S. President Donald Trump’s agenda.

Republican U.S. Representative Andy Ogles of Tennessee on Monday said he filed a resolution seeking to have U.S. District Judge John Bates in Washington, D.C., removed from office after he ordered the Trump administration to restore government health websites that were taken offline in response to an executive order requiring the removal of “gender ideology extremism.”

Ogles’ impeachment measure argued that Bates failed to consider that the webpages at issue maintained information about gender-affirming care and that the “continued socialization of this grave moral evil necessitates immediate action against those who would promote it.”

  • @wirebeads@lemmy.ca
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    534 months ago

    Insert Buzz Lightyear with Woody image screenshot with the caption:

    “Fascism. Fascism everywhere”

    • FuglyDuck
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      194 months ago

      A whole bunch of chuckefucks need to get chuckle-fucking primaried.

      • @dhork@lemmy.world
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        But their districts are filled with chucklefucks. They voted for this, specifically. Any primary challenge would put in someone worse.

    • @Kyrgizion@lemmy.world
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      Nono, it’s only meaningless if the dems do it. If the repug- uhh, republicans do it, it could very well be effective since they control all branches of the fed gov.

  • @DarkFuture@lemmy.world
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    204 months ago

    The “Party Of Law And Order” everyone.

    Not that we need any more proof, but if you look up the criminal conviction history of both parties, it becomes extremely clear that the Republican party is, in fact, the Party of Criminals.

  • @MyRobotShitsBolts@lemmy.world
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    They will first try to remove these guys “legally”, next they will intimidate, after that anyone who stands against his majesty will start falling out of windows.

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    Ogles’ impeachment measure argued… that the “continued socialization of this grave moral evil necessitates immediate action against those who would promote it.”

    Buddy, if you want to see “grave moral evil” look in the fucking mirror.

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      The same dipshit who proposrd getting rid of presidential term limits.

    • Torynn
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      I couldn’t even finish. The man lies about everything from his education to career 🤮

    • PutItOutWithYourBootsTed
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      “Ogles later studied at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU), where he failed every course taken in the fall of 1995 and the fall of 1998; he returned to the university in 2007 and graduated with a 2.4 grade point average, with a Bachelor of Science in liberal studies.”

      What a moron.

      • @Nastybutler@lemmy.world
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        Hey now, I also failed a lot of my college classes around that same time, but not because I was a moron, I was just too lazy to attend classes

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    Fairly rule once against their wanna-be dictator or impose any kind of restrictions on him as a co-equal member of the government… these MAGA freaks will try to forcefully remove you from your earned judicial seat. Definitely something that happens in a healthy, functioning democracy.

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    “We’re going to have to look at judges.”