Judge John Bates Faces Impeachment After Order Against Trump

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Source: Newsweek

Published Feb 25, 2025 at 6:17 AM EST


Republican members of Congress are seeking to impeach a judge who ordered health agencies to stop deleting "gender ideology" information.

Why It Matters

Some Republicans are trying to remove any judge who halts President Donald Trump's executive orders. That raises many legal questions about the independence of the federal judiciary in the Trump era. Newsweek sought email comment on Tuesday from the Office of Personnel Management, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Judge John Bates.

What To Know

On January 29, 2025, Trump's Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued a memorandum to all agencies titled "Initial Guidance Regarding President Trump's Executive Order Defending Women." It ordered all agencies to "take down all outward facing media (websites, social media accounts, etc.) that inculcate or promote gender ideology," and "ensure that all applicable agency policies and documents, including forms, use the term 'sex' and not 'gender.'" In response, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) removed large numbers of webpages and datasets that used the word "gender" instead of "sex."

On February 4, a medical group named Doctors for America filed an 18-page lawsuit over the Trump administration's removal from the CDC and FDA websites of "a broad range of health-related data and other information used every day by health professionals to diagnose and treat patients and by researchers to advance public health." On February 11, Washington D.C. federal Judge John Bates, a George W. Bush appointee, agreed to impose a temporary restraining order on the CDC and FDA and ordered that any deleted webpages be restored.

Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/judge-john-bates-faces-impeachment-order-against-trump-2035718

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This is the 2nd one. The first one to get hit with Articles of Impeachment by the loons was U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer - https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143400151

[bucolic_frolic]

1. They can't be serious about pursuing this. Convictions won't happen. /nt

[JohnSJ]

2. That is the only thing they know how to do, waste time while "Rome burns"

[Jose Garcia]

7. I doubt they have enough votes for it to even pass the House

[NotHardly]

3. They creatively make a new Enemies List

[Stuckinthebush]

4. They know it won't work, but that's not the point

They are making it known that if a judge rules against Trump then the GOP controlled congress will make their lives miserable. Impeachment proceedings will require the judge in question to get counsel and appear in front of an interrogation committee. The judge will also be targeted by the crazy MAGAts who will further make their lives difficult through threats and intimidation. The hope of the GOP is that if they do this enough, then most judges will conclude that it is not worth it to either A) rule against the administration or B) stay in their job, so they quit thereby relinquishing a federal judicial seat for Trump to then fill with a toady.

We are living in evil times.

[ScratchCat]

6. No it wont

Because its not even going to be taken seriously by The House. No judge will ever face "impeachment proceedings" for issuing a ruling.

[Stuckinthebush]

8. Oh with this insane group of legislators it might

But just the threat is enough

[MLWR]

5. Good luck getting 67 votes in the Senate.

This is just another huge waste of effort, time and TAXPAYER DOLLARS. So much for getting rid of "waste, fraud and abuse." The very definition of republicanism IS "waste, fraud and abuse." It's all they're doing with their efforts to destroy the government.