White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller on Friday lamented what he called a "judicial coup" after a federal judge blocked the implementation of President Donald Trump's executive orders requiring proof of citizenship for voting.

U.S. District Judge Denise J. Casper on Friday blocked the order, saying that “[t]he Constitution does not grant the President any specific powers over elections."

Miller's use of the term appears to borrow from El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, who warned that "you have to remove corrupt judges and corrupt attorneys and prosecutors" or face endless obstruction of efforts to repair a nation's problems.

"The U.S. is facing a judicial coup," he warned in March, amid unrelated judicial blocks.

Bukele has become a cult figure among the American right for his success in arresting gang members in his country and lowering the crime rates in so doing.