U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley said he believes legislation is needed to limit federal judges’ use of universal injunctions as President
Donald Trump
His conflict with the judicial system intensifies.
As the head of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Grassley stated he intends to
schedule a hearing for April 2
This will concentrate on “examining legislative approaches to address the non-partisan issue of universal injunctions.”
As district court judges have temporarily halted significant policy implementations from the Trump administration, including initiatives
to prohibit transgender individuals from serving in the armed forces
,
end birthright citizenship
and
cull the federal workforce
.
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“The fundamental response to your query is that we require new laws,” Grassley stated to journalists during a conference call on Wednesday.
“I question whether we should implement any law that would eliminate all nationwide injunctions,” he stated. “However, the core idea is that typically, an injunction ought to apply solely within the specific judicial district and affect only those individuals directly involved in the lawsuit. Furthermore, such an order should be provisional, lasting merely until a resolution to the issues at hand can be reached.”
Grassley stated that judges should “resolve cases rather than serve as policymakers.”
Trump has called for the impeachment of a federal judge who
tried to stop
the Trump administration from
deporting hundreds of alleged Venezuelan gang members
via the Alien Enemies Act,
a 1798 law
most recently utilized during World War II.
It garnered an unusual public criticism from Supreme Court Justice John Roberts.
On March 18, he stated, “For over two hundred years, it has been settled that impeachment is not meant as a reaction to disputes about a judge’s ruling. There is a standard appeals procedure designed for this.”
However, Trump hasn’t retreated. On March 24,
He shared an article again on social media.
implying that judges are committing “treason and sedition” when they utilize the judiciary’s power to invalidate decisions made by the executive branch.
He has similarly called for Congress to address nationwide injunctions.
These judges aspire to acquire the powers of the presidency without needing to secure 80 million votes.
He posted on his social media platform, Truth Social.
They desire all the benefits without taking on any risks. Once more, a President must have the ability to swiftly and resolutely handle issues like repatriating killers, drug traffickers, rapists, and similar criminal elements back to their home country or to places where they can’t threaten our nation’s safety.
Grassley stated that the upcoming hearing next week will provide an opportunity “to listen to the specialists and deliberate on a way ahead.”
He stated that he thinks the matter should involve both political parties, pointing out that Democrats have historically raised objections regarding this issue. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, nominated to the court by President Barack Obama, has likewise voiced worries over the breadth of judicial injunctions.
During the Trump era, individuals would often head to the Northern District of California, whereas in the Biden era, they tend to go to Texas.
Politico quoted Kagan as saying in 2022
It simply isn’t correct that a single district judge has the power to halt a national policy in its infancy and keep it stalled for the duration it takes to navigate the standard judicial procedures.
Grassley
informed his Senate peers on Tuesday
The issue has persisted for several years, but recently, over the past few months, we’ve noticed an alarming trend of extremely broad, possibly unlawful directives being issued by any one of our 600 district judges across the nation’s 93 judicial districts.
While our founding fathers envisioned a significant role for the judicial branch, certain individual district judges have assumed the power to shape national policies rather than merely interpret laws,” he stated. “This development concerns me greatly.
This report includes contributions from USA TODAY.
Brianne Pfannenstiel serves as the lead political journalist for the Des Moines Register, which is affiliated with the USA TODAY Network. You can contact her via email at [email protected] or call her at 515-284-8244. Additionally, you can follow her activities on X under the handle @brianneDMR.
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Grassley seeks to stop universal injunctions as Congress pushes back against Trump’s directives.
