Conservatives contend individual judges have been overstepping their authority by blocking President Trump’s agenda nationwide.
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Republicans are continuing their push to stop nationwide injunctions with a new bill that would limit court orders, including injunctions and temporary restraining orders to parties that are directly before the court
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Republicans contend that individual judges are overstepping their authority by blocking President Trump's agenda nationwide
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Senator Ashley Moody stated this clear overreach was never envisioned by the framers of the Constitution
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This important legislation will be a tool to help stop the unreasonable restraints on executive authority
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There are more than 90 district courts in the U.S. with 677 judges
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Geographically, each district covers at most a single state, oftentimes just a region within a state
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One judge in one district has the authority to implement what's called a universal injunction
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which halts executive action across the country while the case works its way through the court system
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Senator Chuck Grassley stated, The Constitution limits judges to exercising power over cases or controversies
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Judges are not policymakers and allowing them to assume this role is very dangerous
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The Congressional Research Service identified 17 nationwide injunctions issued in the first two months of the Trump administration
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To put that into perspective the Department of Justice identified 12 nationwide injunctions during George W Bush presidency and 19 during Barack Obama Democrats and Republicans politicians and judges have all spoken out against nationwide injunctions
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Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, a liberal member of the court, once stated
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it just can't be right that one district judge can stop a nationwide policy in its tracks
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and leave it stopped for the years that it takes to go through the normal process
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There's an argument that we should look at how injunctions from a single district court have applied nationwide, but it ought to be above politics
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It should not be motivated by particular rulings. And so far, the system seems to have worked pretty well
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This bill has a greater chance of being approved than other measures introduced by Republicans that are considered more extreme
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like impeaching judges who rule against the president or lowering the funding levels for certain courts
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I'm not going to support reducing the federal judiciary's budget because someone doesn't agree with their opinions
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That's not the right way. That's not the way we do it in America
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The sponsors of the nationwide injunction bill say the Supreme Court has the authority to tell lower courts to stop nationwide injunctions
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They also say Article 3 of the Constitution gives Congress the power to set limits on judicial authority
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I'm Ray Bogan for Straight Arrow News. For more reporting, download the SAN app
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