By AJ Dellinger Published March 20, 2025 | Comments (10) | Elon Musk stands with his hands pressed together DVIDS / U.S. Air Force photo by Trevor Cokley Elon Musk has taken to attributing any decision that goes against the wishes of the Trump administration to being part of a judicial coup, and hes already putting money behind Congressional candidates who also find the concept of checks and balances to be distasteful. According to the New York Times, Musk has already made the maximum individual donation to seven Republican Congressional candidates who have shown a willingness to support impeaching or punishing judges. Per the Times, the candidates who have found a $6,600 check made out to them from the bank account of Elon Musk include: Representatives Eli Crane of Arizona, Lauren Boebert of Colorado, Andy Ogles of Tennessee, Andrew Clyde of Georgia, Derrick Van Orden of Wisconsin and Brandon Gill of Texas. He also gave to Senator Chuck Grassley, Republican of Iowa. Grassley and Boebert are probably the most familiar characters on the list, but Brandon Gill is a name to watch here. Hes just 31 years old and serving his first term in Congress, and hes made it clear hes going to try to make a name for himself while hes there. Also his father-in-law is Dinesh DSouza, so hes got grifting in his family. Gill filed Articles of Impeachment this week against James Boasberg, the federal judge who blocked the Trump administrations attempts to deport immigrants under the Alien Enemies Act. Gill isnt the only one to get the Musk Bump for their willingness to attempt to upend the judiciary for issuing rulings they dont like. Arizonas Eli Crane and Wisconsins Van Orden led a call to impeach District Judge Paul Engelmayer of the Southern District of New York (which is notably not in Arizona nor Wisconsin) for his decision to pump the brakes on some of the efforts of the Department of Government Efficiency. Ogles, meanwhile, has not only filed Articles of Impeachment against a judge (his target: District Judge John Bates, who ruled the Trump administration would have to restore deleted webpages related to LGBTQ health issues) but has also decided to lead his own end-run around the law. He also proposed an amendment to the constitution that would allow Donald Trump to run for a third term.Musks donations, which are pretty small in the scheme of things, serve as a signal for what his likely causes will be in the coming election cycles. Musk is actively gutting the bureaucracy that he claims is somehow getting in the way of democracy, but he cant single-handedly gut the judiciary to get rid of the umpires who keep calling strikes when he wants them to call balls. Instead, hell need to stack the deck in Congress to pull that off. Funnily enough, Musk doesnt even seem to know what his goal is: he posted We need 60 senators to impeach the judges and restore rule of the people, But it is the House that impeaches. The Senate convicts and that requires a two-thirds majority, which means it would take 67 senators. But lets be fair, civics isnt really Musks interest here. Getting his way is.Daily NewsletterYou May Also Like By Matthew Gault Published March 20, 2025 By AJ Dellinger Published March 19, 2025 By Matt Novak Published March 19, 2025 By Thomas Maxwell Published March 19, 2025 By AJ Dellinger Published March 18, 2025 By Matthew Gault Published March 18, 2025