Former federal judge John Jones revealed that he believes President Donald Trump has already caused a constitutional crisis by defying U.S. District Judge James Boasberg's restraining order against using an 18th-century law for deportations. Trump has also called for the judge's impeachment.
"I think we are in a crisis," Jones told CBS News on Thursday. "If court orders are disregarded, then you're in a world where judges don't matter, and you don't have the checks against the executive branch."
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"And that, my view, will lead to anarchy," he continued. "I fear for the safety of my former colleagues because this is the kind of thing that foments from people who possibly are unbalanced but think that they're doing the work of a benefactor, possibly foments violence against individual judges and their families."
