House GOP leaders have little desire to launch a full-scale blast-each process for judges blocking President Donald Trump's agenda, sources said Thursday.
Three — two senior house GOP aides and one leadership discussion — told Fox News Digital that house leadership doesn't see the most effective way to hold perpetrators accountable to see each ammo as an “activist” judge.
But Republican leaders are still investigating it after they sought a bounce each of U.S. District Judge James Boasberg over the weekend. Boasberg has issued a 14-day injunction over the deportation of the Trump administration, a suspected gang member of Transi DeLagua, under the alien enemy law.
But the blast each would primarily be a symbolic gesture, even if such a movement passes through the house.
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Speaker Mike Johnson is looking for all the options to take on activist judges blocking Trump's agenda. (Getty Images)
“I don't think we know if we have the votes or not. Another intense whipping process for something that doesn't move at all in the Senate,” said one senior House Gop Aide. “I think our focus is to do something that's easy to get votes and actually get all the Republicans in the Senate.”
The second senior house GOP aide at Fox News Digital is even more blunt, saying “President Trump is more likely to buy Canada as the 51st state than the US House of Representatives will each blast federal judge.”
“This is an impossible task,” said the second senior aide.
A third source familiar with House GOP's leadership discussions states, “The bluffing each route is not anyone's favorite about this.”
But it is pushed primarily by conservative factions in the Freedom Caucus of Houses – and they appear to be supported by Trump's support for each Boasberg.
R-Texas Rep. Brandon Gill introduced a resolution to fire each Boasberg for abuse of power.
Gill told Fox News Digital earlier this week that Boasberg is a “false” judge who “stomps” his authority.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan and R. Ohio previously told Fox News Digital that all options are on the table, but in multiple media interviews this week, he suggested that the committee could hold hearings on the issue.
Freshman GOP MP Brandon Gill has introduced a bill that will fire each one judge. (Getty Images)
Andrew Clyde, R-Ga. , Eli Crane, R-Ariz. and Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) also pushes resolutions to other federal judges who blocked Trump's policies.
But with only 53 Republican senators, the ammo each resolution needs Democrats' help to reach the two-thirds of the threshold needed for removal after the Senate trial.
Rep. Chip Roy, of R-Texas, chair of the House Judiciary Committee's subcommittee on the Constitution, said all options need to be made available to Republicans.
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“We should look at (perms each). We need to look at jurisdiction stripping. We need to look at all the options that need to be addressed about judges who are actively taking steps to undermine the presidency.”
He also pointed out that although symbolic, each by the house itself is a punishment, Roy noted that he is not one particular path now.
It is worth noting that former Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mallorcas remains a permanent memo on his legacy and the second cabinet secretary in history, despite the then-Democrat-controlled Senate quickly denied the trial.
Former Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas is the first minister since the 1870s. (Anna Money Maker/Getty Images)
But passing the Mayorkas each resolution through the house was a troubling political event when the GOP was dealing with similarly small margins. As Republicans were left with one vote shortage in their first attempt and handed a small resolution in the second GOP's asylum, two House-wide votes were needed to pass the measure.
But while GOP leaders have more success with key votes this year, Trump in the White House is pushing key laws.
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Speakers Mike Johnson, R-La. does not rule out anything publicly, at least. A Johnson spokesman told Fox News Digital he would consider all the options available to take on the “activist judge.”
“Activist judges with a political agenda pose a serious threat to the rule of law, equal justice and separation of power. The Chairperson looks forward to working with the Judiciary Committee in considering all available options under the Constitution to address this urgent issue,” the spokesman said.
Two other sources told Fox News Digital that it was another option Trump has supported, a bill by R-Calif Rep. Darrell Issa.
