Johnson has backed a bill seeking to bar district judges from issuing nationwide injunctions, an alternative to House Republicans taking politically perilous impeachment votes.

Weeks before President Donald Trump called for the impeachment of a federal judge who ruled against his agenda, his supporters around the nation seeded the ground to turn public opinion against the institution that has been the leading check on his administration.

The House Judiciary Committee is preparing for a hearing early next week on federal judges blocking actions by the Trump administration as House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) continues to temper the flames of impeachment fanned by hard-line Republicans in his conference.