SCOOP: House Republicans revive push to impeach 'activist' judges after Johnson's green light

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FIRST ON FOX: House conservatives are reviving various pushes to impeach judges accused of blocking President Donald Trump's agenda after Speaker Mike Johnson , R-La., gave his tacit approval earlier this week. "I just spoke to him on the House floor, and he's still in support, so we're going to push to move forward on at least one," Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., told Fox News Digital in the early evening on Thursday. Ogles was among the conservative Trump allies who led the push to impeach judges last year as the administration engaged in legal battles with federal courts across the country over various rulings. He previously introduced impeachment articles against U.S. District Judge John Bates for blocking a Trump executive order targeting transgender recognition under federal law, as well as District Judge Theodore Chuang after his ruling to stop a crackdown on foreign aid by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). EX-JUDGES BLAST TOP TRUMP DOJ OFFICIAL FOR DECLARING ‘WAR’ ON COURTS Neither of those impeachment resolutions or others targeting several other judges went anywhere at the time, however. House GOP leaders made clear they believed impeachment was an impractical way to deal with what Republicans saw as "activist judges" trying to influence policy rather than interpret law. Johnson and other leaders instead favored a bill by Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., to limit district judges' ability to issue nationwide injunctions. That bill passed the House along partisan lines last year but was never taken up in the Senate. The speaker sounded more enthusiastic about impeachment during his press conference on Wednesday, telling reporters, "I'm for it." JOHNSON CHANGES TUNE ON JUDICIAL IMPEACHMENTS AFTER 'EGREGIOUS ABUSES' OF TRUMP AGENDA He named U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, specifically, who's been targeted by Republicans after rulings on several key immigration cases involving Trump's policies, including flying migrants to El Salvador and othe…