Alarm as Republicans in Congress back Trump and Musk’s attacks on US judges

Mike Johnson and Jim Jordan echo president and key ally as experts express fears for bedrock constitutional principles'

As Donald Trump and Elon Musk widen their radical attacks on US judges who have stalled some of Trump's executive orders and Musk's slashing of federal agencies, they're gaining backing from top House Republicans and other politicians, including some to whom the tech billionaire made big campaign donations.

House speaker Mike Johnson and judiciary panel chairman Jim Jordan have echoed some of Trump's attacks on judges, and a judiciary subcommittee hearing on April 1 explored judicial overreach" and ways to curb judges who have stymied some Trump orders or Musk's department of government efficiency" (Doge) and its draconian cuts to the federal government.