‘If ANY judge ANYWHERE can block EVERY Presidential order EVERYWHERE, we do NOT have democracy, we have TYRANNY of the JUDICIARY,’ the tech billionaire fumed. DOGE boss Elon Musk once again called for judges to be impeached hours after the Trump administration was handed three losses in court over the president’s dismantling of federal agencies.
In the span of 90 minutes, judges in Washington, D.C. and Seattle blocked President Donald Trump’s directive to freeze federal grants and loans, ordered the administration to reinstate funding for foreign aid contracts with the U.S. Agency for International Development, and temporarily halted the president’s executive order that paused the refugee admissions program.
The world’s richest person posted on his X social media platform hours later to voice his frustration with America’s centuries-old system of checks and balances. “The only way to restore rule of the people in America is to impeach judges. No one is above the law, including judges,” noted Musk, forgetting to add the president.
He added: “That is what it took to fix El Salvador. Same applies to America.”. In the U.S. only Congress has the authority to impeach and remove federal judges, and not simply because a defendant is unhappy with a ruling. An hour after the initial post, Musk added: “If ANY judge ANYWHERE can block EVERY Presidential order EVERYWHERE, we do NOT have democracy, we have TYRANNY of the JUDICIARY.”.
