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Widespread injunctions issued by federal district judges that affect all Americans might become relics of the past following Republicans’ push for a bill supporting the Trump administration.
On Tuesday, the House approved the ‘No Rogue Rulings Act’ with a vote of 219 to 213. The legislation will now move to the Republican-controlled Senate, where it is anticipated to be enacted.
This legislation limits federal district courts from granting nationwide injunctions unless specific conditions apply, with the intention of preventing judicial halts to President Trump’s policy initiatives.
“These unconventional judicial decisions represent a fresh form of opposition to the Trump administration, marking the first instance where judges dressed in robes have deemed it essential to engage in politics at such a scale,” stated Representative Darrell Issa, R-Calif., who authored the bill, earlier this week.
The federal judiciary is not just interpreting the law; it is obstructing the presidency. In reality, it does not consider itself as equally powerful, but rather believes itself to be superior.
It was of utmost importance for Republicans to
Congress
As they assert, ‘rogue’ judges were unfairly limiting the president’s power.
‘We’re going to prevent activist judges from issuing these unconstitutional nationwide injunctions and legislating to the bench, which has become a real problem,’ Speaker
Mike Johnson
said Tuesday.
Trump has been frustrated by judges across the country from Washington, D.C., to San Francisco for ruling against his deportation and DOGE orders. The president even took the unprecedented step of calling for one judge’s removal.
‘This judge, like many of the crooked judges’ I am forced to appear before, should be impeached!’ Trump said of Washington, D.C. judge James Boasberg, who halted the president’s migrant removal programs.
The rulings from Boasberg, and numerous other judges across the country, prompted Trump’s deportation agenda to screech to a halt.
Once this bill gets signed by Trump, as is expected, these judge’s ruling will likely only apply to localized matters, allowing the president to exert his power without fear of his agenda being hung up by nationwide injunctions.
‘We do have authority over the federal courts,’ Johnson said when talking about the bill recently.
‘We have the option to abolish an entire district court,’ he pointed out.
We hold sway over the court’s finances and various other aspects. However, extreme circumstances may necessitate drastic actions,
Congress
is going to act.’
His statement appeared to be a veiled reminder, if not threat, that Congress has the power to rearrange and defund courts across the country.
Though the
Supreme Court
is the highest judicial body in the country, district courts, which have been issuing nationwide rulings foiling White House executive decisions, are overseen by Congress.
The president has called for D.C. district court judge James Boasberg to be impeached for issuing an injunction on the administration’s deportations of Venezuelans under the Alien Enemies Act.
The president has also slammed district judge John James McConnell Jr. after he sided with 22 states and the District of Columbia to reinstate the flow of federal grants and loans that the White House froze as DOGE sifted through spending.
Republican lawmakers have already introduced articles of impeachment against McConnell and another Maryland based district judge,
Theodore Chuang, who recently ruled that dismantling USAID is unconstitutional.
However, impeachment is unlikely as the maneuver would require Democratic support.
Article III of the Constitution states it’s up to Congress to ‘ordain and establish’ courts beneath the Supreme Court, meaning lawmakers fund and organize the lower court structure.
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