The House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday to limit federal district judges’ ability to affect Trump administration policies on a national scale.
The No Rogue Rulings Act, led by Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., passed the House and limits district courts’ power to issue U.S.-wide injunctions, instead forcing them to focus their scope on the parties directly affected in most cases.
All but one Republican lawmaker voted for the bill, which passed 219 to 213. No Democrats voted in favor.
The Trump administration has faced more than 15 nationwide injunctions since the Republican commander-in-chief took office, targeting a wide range of President Donald Trump’s policies, from birthright citizenship reform to anti-diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts.
Archangel1313@lemm.ee 1 week ago
Congress has no authority to pass legislation that contradicts the Constitution. The Judiciary is a check on presidential authority. Period.
Lovstuhagen@hilariouschaos.com 1 week ago
And that still exists. It is merely the case that SCOTUS will have to check Federal power laws, and that the whole system doesn’t get torpedoed by a single Federal circuit judge making a single ruling on a case that may not even be 100% related to the bulk of what the policy is designed to do.
Archangel1313@lemm.ee 1 week ago
Except that’s how the entire judicial system works. Saying that a lower court has no jurisdiction to make a ruling, undermines that entire system, since every new case begins in the lower courts. A ruling like this, would effectively make it impossible to bring any case against the federal government, since the starting point for litigation would now be considered invalid.
DonaldJMusk@lemmy.today 1 week ago
Good points.