Elise Stefanik has been one of the most important Congresswomen for the Republican party in recent years. Amazingly, she has turned a purple part of New York into a red one, which is no easy feat. Stefanik is currently awaiting confirmation for her appointment to be the ambassador to the UN, which is a critical post and a great choice for our country.
That is why I was quite dismayed to see a petition to encourage the impeachment of judges, sponsored by the Stefanik Campaign. The petition was encouraging impeachment of judges who had made what many, including myself, believed to be bad decisions.
This is an utterly terrible idea. Even if you don’t like the decision a judge makes, calling for impeachment is just not the way to deal with a bad decision. The decision should be appealed. What made this action even worse was that there was neither an attempt to describe what was legally wrong about the decision, nor any description or indication of what any impeachable offense was. Even a judge entering a misguided nationwide injunction is certainly not grounds for impeachment. Such a decision should be reversed on appeal so that there are more appropriate guidelines to prevent additional misguided nationwide injunctions in the future.
Impeachment is for bad actions, not bad decisions. Stefanik would be wise to disavow support for this egregious idea and she should persuade Trump to do the same.