On Wednesday, the House of Representatives passed a piece of legislation that aims to place strict limits on the ability of federal district judges to toss road blocks in the way of President Donald Trump’s America First agenda nationally speaking. We have no place in this country for activist judges.
That’s not how our democratic republic is supposed to work. Democrats have once again been attempting to transform the legal system into a weapon, but this time instead of using it to both persecute and prosecute their political enemies, it’s goal is to stop an agenda that would benefit all Americans and make our country more prosperous.
Anyway, the new bill is called The No Rogue Rulings Act and it was introduced by California Republican Rep. Darrell Issa. The legislation will restrict the court’s power to nationwide injunctions.
“District judges both in Washington D.C. and across the country have issued a record number of injunctions against the Trump Administration over the last two months, which has routinely limited or delayed the administration’s agenda,” Trending Politics News said.
“In one recent example, a federal judge in D.C. blocked the administration from invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, which allows for the swift detention and deportation of individuals with ties to foreign criminal organizations. The Obama-appointed judge even attempted to order the administration to return a flight filled with violent Venezuelan gang members while it was already in the air,” the report continued.
A decision from the Supreme Court earlier in the week overturned the controversial ruling, handing the president is most significant win thus far in his second term in the White House.
Issa’s bill would require judges to focus the scope of their rulings on the parties directly affected in the cases brought before them rather than having the ability to block policies nationwide. The bill passed in the House on Wednesday largely along partisan lines, with just one Republican and all 212 Democrats voting against. Issa was not expecting much support from Democrats, though he noted that former solicitor general Elizabeth Prelogar issued her own critiques of the power of district courts during the Biden Administration.
Rep. Derek Schmidt (R-KS) introduced an amendment to the bill aimed at limiting plaintiffs’ ability to “judge shop” cases to favorable districts. “A lot of things get called commonsense around here, but this one genuinely is,” Schmidt told Fox News before the vote.
“The basic policy of trying to rein in the overuse of nationwide injunctions was supported by Democrats before. It’s supported by Republicans now, and I’m hoping [this vote will] be supported by both,” he went on to say.
Texas Republican Congressman Lance Gooden is a big, big fan of the bill and believes it’s the first step in pulling rogue judges back into their proper places.
“Many Democrat-appointed lower court judges have conducted themselves like activist liberal lawyers in robes while attempting to stop President Trump’s nationwide reforms. The No Rogue Rulings Act limits this unchecked power,” he explained.
There have been more than a few House GOP members who have introduced bills to impeach specific individual judges who have put out a series of questionable rulings against the current administration. Leaders of the House GOPs are taking a different approach by designing legislation that would solve the problem altogether.
Rep. Marlin Stutzman (R-IA), who supported the impeachment efforts, described Wednesday’s vote as a suitable solution to what the caucus near unanimously views as a major issue. “The judicial vendetta against President Trump’s agenda needs to be checked. Nationwide injunctions by activists judges have stood in the way of the American people’s will and in come cases their safety, since the President was sworn into office,” the House Republican told Fox News.
“While Issa’s bill has cleared the House, it faces an uncertain future in the Senate, as it will require support from multiple Democrats in order to clear the upper chamber’s 60-vote threshold,” the report concluded.
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