House Speaker Mike Johnson is pumping the brakes on calls to impeach federal judges who have blocked President Trump’s policies, telling Fox News Digital that while the option remains on the table, it’s unlikely to succeed — and there’s a better legislative fix already in motion.

“Impeachments are never off the table if it’s merited,” Johnson said. “But… you’ve got to get the votes for it, right? And it’s a very high burden.”

Johnson noted that in the entire history of the United States, only 15 federal judges have ever been impeached, making it a rare and politically perilous path. Even if House Republicans had the votes to pass articles of impeachment, he acknowledged the odds of removing a judge in the Democrat-controlled Senate are next to zero.

The Speaker instead pointed to legislation already passed by the House earlier this year — Rep. Darrell Issa’s “No Rogue Rulings Act” — as the GOP’s real solution to curb what they see as judicial overreach. The bill would prevent single district court judges from issuing nationwide injunctions, a practice Johnson said is being abused to stymie Trump’s agenda.

“Darrell Issa’s bill is a great response,” he said. “We passed it to the House, we sent it to the Senate with every expectation that they should be able to take that up.”

The remarks come as frustrations continue to boil over on the Right about Trump’s biggest policy initiatives — from mass deportations and border crackdowns to efforts by the Department of Government Efficiency — being stalled by federal judges issuing broad rulings from the bench.

Johnson defended the House GOP’s track record, insisting Republicans had “done everything within our power” to check activist courts.

Still, some conservatives are demanding more aggressive tactics. Calls for judicial impeachment have gained steam in some quarters of the GOP base, and hardliners in the House could force a vote by filing a “privileged resolution,” which would require Johnson to act within two legislative days. That kind of procedural move, while guaranteed to spark headlines, is almost certainly doomed to fail in the Senate — and could backfire politically.

Trump allies in Congress argue that these rulings amount to judicial sabotage. “A single unelected judge can stop the entire executive branch from enforcing immigration law or dismantling bureaucratic waste? That’s not the Constitution,” one House Republican aide told Fox on background.

The standoff has ignited a larger battle over separation of powers. Democrats have accused the GOP of trying to dismantle judicial independence, calling the Issa bill and talk of impeachment an attack on a co-equal branch of government.

Meanwhile, the Trump administration has stayed on message — saying it’s complying with court orders while vowing to fight back against what it views as politically motivated decisions from the bench. Senior administration officials have even floated more sweeping reforms, like using the Jefferson-era strategy of eliminating rogue court jurisdictions entirely — a move floated by former Speaker Newt Gingrich just days ago.

For now, Johnson appears to be playing the long game. He’s not ruling out impeachment, but he’s urging Republicans to focus on what can realistically be done under the current political math — and that means getting the Senate to act on the No Rogue Rulings Act.

“We need to be smart about how we push back,” Johnson said. “And that’s what we’re doing.”