Jordan vows hearings on judicial rulings after Trump calls for impeachments

House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan said he plans to hold hearings on recent judicial rulings against the Trump administration's agenda, after President Donald Trump, Elon Musk and conservatives have called for impeaching federal judges.

James Boasberg, the chief judge of the federal district court in Washington, D.C., had ruled that Trump must stop the deportation flights of Venezuelan migrants, a move that prompted swift backlash from the president’s base. Shortly after Trump called for the House to start proceedings to remove Boasberg on Tuesday, Texas Rep. Brandon Gill filed articles of impeachment against him. Other Republicans quickly signed on.

In a CNN interview Wednesday, Jordan indicated the first hearing on Boasberg's and other judges' decisions could come as early as next week. The Judiciary Committee has jurisdiction over judicial impeachments.

"We're gonna hold hearings on this entire issue,” the Ohio Republican said. “The 15 injunctions that have been done in an eight-week time frame, Judge Boasberg's decision. We plan on holding hearings — hearing from experts talking about this whole kind of body of law, this whole situation.”

Any judicial impeachment measures are unlikely to be successful, even if Jordan pursues the issue. Republicans have an incredibly thin majority in the House, and Speaker Mike Johnson does not have the votes to impeach any judges at this point.

Jordan emphasized that “everything is on the table” and floated that there might be another “legislative remedy” beyond judicial impeachments. He did not specify further.

Jordan added that he had not yet spoken to Trump about the issue but had plans to speak with the president later this week.

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