Here’s what to know about the judge in the case, what might happen next, and how the dispute fits into Trump supporters’ attacks on the courts and critics’ concerns over a constitutional crisis.

In asking the judge to dissolve a temporary restraining order on deportation flights, the Justice Department opened another front in its aggressive pushback to his decisions.

Chief Justice John Roberts said impeaching federal judges is "not an appropriate response" to disagreeing with their rulings in a rare statement Tuesday, according to multiple reports. Why it matters: Roberts' extraordinary comments come as a rebuke to President Trump's Tuesday post saying the federal judge who ordered flights deporting alleged Venezuelan gang members to turn around "should be IMPEACHED!