Text of US HR 157 (2025)

IV 119TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. RES. 157 Impeaching John Deacon Bates, a judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, for high crimes and misdemeanors. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FEBRUARY 24, 2025 Mr. OGLES submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary RESOLUTION Impeaching John Deacon Bates, a judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, for high crimes and misdemeanors. Resolved, That John Deacon Bates, a judge of the 1 United States District Court for the District of Columbia, 2 is impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors, and that 3 the following article of impeachment be exhibited to the 4 Senate: 5 Article of impeachment exhibited by the House of 6 Representatives of the United States of America in the 7 name of itself and of the people of the United States of 8 America, against John Deacon Bates, a judge of the 9 United States District Court for the District of Columbia, 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:37 Feb 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR157.IH HR157 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 2 •HRES 157 IH in maintenance and support of its impeachment against 1 him for high crimes and misdemeanors. 2 ARTICLE I 3 4 John Deacon Bates, a judge of the United States 5 District Court for the District of Columbia, engaged in 6 a pattern of conduct that is incompatible with the trust 7 and confidence placed in him as a Federal judge, as fol- 8 lows: 9 Judge Bates ordered the Centers for Disease Control 10 and Prevention (CDC), the Department of Health and 11 Human Services (HHS), and the Food and Drug Adminis- 12 tration (FDA) to restore socially divisive and destructive 13 LGBTQI+ content on taxpayer subsidized government 14 webpages, in contravention of Executive Order 14168 15 (January 20, 2025): 16 Judge Bates, in granting a temporary restraining 17 order to the far-left organization, Doctors for America, ar- 18 gued that ‘‘by removing long relied upon medical resources 19 without explanation, it is likely that the [sic] each agency 20 failed to ‘examine the relevant data and articulate a satis- 21 factory explanation for its action’ ’’. He further argued 22 that the agencies did not consider ‘‘the substantial reliance 23 by medical professionals on the removed webpages’’. 24 Judge Bates failed to consider that these webpages 25 maintained informational resources on gender affirming 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:37 Feb 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR157.IH HR157 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 3 •HRES 157 IH care—better described as the intentional surgical or chem- 1 ical castration of children—and that at no time in the his- 2 tory of the American judicial system, until very recently, 3 would judges have considered the purposeful damage to 4 the bodies of healthy young men and women to be a com- 5 pelling or even legitimate health concern. To the contrary, 6 it is the opinion of this Congress that the continued social- 7 ization of this grave moral evil necessitates immediate ac- 8 tion against those who would promote it. 9 Accordingly, Judge John Deacon Bates, has engaged 10 in conduct so utterly lacking in intellectual honesty and 11 basic integrity that he is guilty of high crimes and mis- 12 demeanors, is unfit to hold the office of Federal judge, 13 and should be removed from office. 14 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:37 Feb 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\HR157.IH HR157 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB