Press Releases

Washington, D.C. - This week, Congressman Abe Hamadeh (AZ-08) introduced a resolution to remove Judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia for abuse of her judicial authority.

Congressman Hamadeh alleges that Sooknanan abused the power entrusted to her when she issued an injunction that halted President Trump’s SAVE program, "substituting the judgment of a single unelected judge for that of the duly elected Executive Branch."

"Judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan’s egregious overreaching ruling blocking President Trump’s common-sense effort to verify the citizenship of those who want to vote in our elections was the final straw," stated Congressman Hamadeh. "This is a blatant and unlawful subversion of the President’s executive authority and a direct assault on election integrity."

"Judges who weaponize their bench to interfere with the President’s constitutional duties must be held accountable," Congressman Hamadeh concluded.

Sooknanan, who holds dual citizenship in the United States and Trinidad and Tobago, is an appointee to the bench by President Joe Biden. Judge Sooknanan's ruling against the Trump administration prevents the federal government from assisting states in ensuring that only U.S. citizens vote in U.S. elections.

Congressman Hamadeh's resolution, which introduces the articles of impeachment, reads in part:

"Through this extraordinary intervention, Judge Sooknanan elevated personal legal and policy preferences above the constitutional powers vested in the President. Article III grants judges’ life tenure during "good behavior," not lifetime immunity from accountability.

The Framers did not establish the judiciary as a super-legislature empowered to veto executive actions based on policy disagreements. Judge Sooknanan’s actions represent a dangerous expansion of judicial power at the expense of the constitutional balance among the branches of government.

Federal judges are empowered to decide cases and controversies, not to dictate national policy. Judge Sooknanan’s sweeping injunction exceeded the limited authority granted under Article III and transformed the court into an instrument for imposing policy outcomes.

By obstructing a program intended by its supporters to strengthen election integrity, Judge Sooknanan fostered the perception that federal courts are increasingly acting as political actors rather than impartial arbiters. Public confidence in the integrity and impartiality of the judiciary is undermined when judges appear to place ideological preferences above constitutional limits.”

Congressman Hamadeh is introducing the articles of impeachment to restore the rule of law.