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Hugo Lowell and Joseph Gedeon in Washington

Chief justice rebukes Trump for call to impeach judge hearing deportation case

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US supreme court chief justice John Roberts in Washington DC on 20 January 2025. Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Reuters

John Roberts, the chief justice of the US supreme court, delivered a rare rebuke on Tuesday of Donald Trump after the US president demanded the impeachment of a federal judge who had issued an adverse ruling against the administration blocking the deportation of hundreds of alleged Venezuelan gang members.

“For more than two centuries, it has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision,” Roberts said in a statement. “The normal appellate process exists for that purpose.”

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