As President Donald Trump grapples with more than a dozen injunctions, Republican lawmakers have targeted “rogue” activist judges with two new bills.
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) introduced the No Rogue Rulings Act to restrict U.S. district judges’ ability to issue broad injunctions. The bill passed the House Rules Committee on Tuesday in a 9-4 vote along party lines.
‘700 District Court judges shouldn’t each have nationwide veto power over a President’s national security decisions.’
“The bill would allow a district court to issue a nationwide injunction in a case in which two separate states from two separate judicial circuits are parties — making clear the nationwide nature of the dispute. In such a case, the bill provides for the establishment of a panel of three randomly chosen judges
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