Anti-Trump Federal Judge Plotted ‘Constitutional Crisis,’ Memo Reveals
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on July 16, 2025
By Cullen McCue
A recently resurfaced memo reveals that U.S. District Judges — including James Boasberg, the chief judge for the powerful District of Columbia circuit — hatched a plot to undermine the Trump Administration by triggering a “constitutional crisis.”
According to the memo, which was obtained by The Federalist, Boasberg advised Chief Justice John Roberts and roughly two dozen other judges that his D.C. colleagues were “concern[ed] that the Administration would disregard rulings of federal courts leading to a constitutional crisis.”
During the week of March 11, 2025, members of the Judicial Conference met in the nation’s capital for its first of two regular meetings. The Judicial Conference serves as the national policymaking body for the federal court system.
The Judicial Conference consists of Chief Justice Roberts, who presides over the body, as well as the chief judge of each judicial circuit, the chief judge of the Court of International Trade, and one district judge from each regional circuit, making for a group of approximately thirty judges. While the conference largely focuses on administrative and policy decisions affecting the federal court system, a prominent “side conversation” at the meeting concerned the D.C. circuits inherent bias against the Trump Administration.
The memo outlines a “working breakfast” at which the chief justice spoke. According to the memorandum, “District of the District of Columbia Chief Judge James Boasberg next raised his colleagues’ concerns that the Administration would disregard rulings of federal courts leading to a constitutional crisis.”
“Chief Justice Roberts expressed hope that would not happen and in turn no constitutional crisis would materialize,” the memo added. Chief Justice Roberts further stated that “his interactions with the President have been civil and respectful, such as the President thanking him at the state of the union address for administering the oath.”
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