Mike Johnson backs bill to keep activist judges ‘in their constitutional lane’

Published April 8, 2025 10:50am ET



Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) joined in celebrating the Supreme Court’s most recent decision by announcing soon-to-be-introduced legislation to stop another “activist judge.”

The court’s ruling in Trump v. J. G. G. found that because deportees were “confined in Texas,” it was “improper” for Judge James Boasberg of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to issue a ruling prohibiting deportation flights while he oversees a case involving five immigrants with active deportation orders.

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