Federal Judiciary and Oversight

At a Senate hearing on Wednesday, Sen. Ted Cruz, R‑Texas, called on the House to initiate impeachment proceedings against U.S. District Judges James Boasberg and Deborah Boardman, arguing they violated the public trust through 2023 gag orders in Trump-related cases and what he called an overly lenient eight‑year sentence for Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s attempted assassin after DOJ sought 30 years. Cruz framed the move as justified even absent criminal conduct, while Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D‑R.I., defended the judges and accused Republicans of using impeachment threats to intimidate the judiciary as it issues adverse rulings against the Trump administration; a spokesman for House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan said "everything is on the table."