Elon Musk, DOGE chair, is urging the GOP-controlled Congress to launch a “wave of judicial impeachments”
after a D.C. court ordered the Trump administration to restore federal health
datasets taken offline.“There needs to be an immediate wave of judicial impeachments, not just one,”
Musk stated on X, responding to conflict-of-interest claims involving U.S. District Judge
John Bates, a George W. Bush appointee.Musk’s remarks reflect growing tensions between the
judiciary and executive power, with the White House supporting his stance against what
it calls “activist judges.” Legal experts warn this could spark a constitutional crisis as the administration challenges judicial authority.