{"id":857617,"date":"2025-06-23T19:13:27","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T00:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/23\/senators-spar-over-nationwide-injunctions-stopping-trump-policies\/"},"modified":"2025-06-23T19:13:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T00:13:27","slug":"senators-spar-over-nationwide-injunctions-stopping-trump-policies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/23\/senators-spar-over-nationwide-injunctions-stopping-trump-policies\/","title":{"rendered":"Senators spar over nationwide injunctions stopping Trump policies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n    <main id=\"main\"><\/p>\n<header>\n<p><h4>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/rollcall.com\/section\/congress\/\"><br \/>\n        Congress<br \/>\n      <\/a><br \/>\n    <\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<h3>\n        Republicans describe the orders as anti-Trump, Democrats say Trump actions are illegal<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"post-785532\"><span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rollcall.com\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/senate_foreign_212_032525.jpg\"  alt=\"Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, led the Senate Judiciary joint subcommittee hearing Tuesday on nationwide injunctions. \" ><\/span><\/p>\n<p><figcaption>Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, led the Senate Judiciary joint subcommittee hearing Tuesday on nationwide injunctions.  (<span>Tom Williams\/CQ Roll Call<\/span>)  <\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><span>Posted June 3, 2025 at 5:40pm<\/span>\n            <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php\/?u=https%3A%2F%2Frollcall.com%2F2025%2F06%2F03%2Fsenators-spar-over-nationwide-injunctions-stopping-trump-policies%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>              <svg viewBox=\"0 0 12 20\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n                <title>Facebook<\/title>\n                <path d=\"M8.4 3.5c-.4 0-.8.4-.8 1.1v2.2h3.9v3.3h-4v9.8H3.8v-9.7H.5V6.9h3.3V5c0-2.8 2-4.9 4.6-4.9h3.1v3.4H8.4z\" \/>\n              <\/svg><br \/>\n          <\/a>\n      <\/li>\n<li>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet\/?text=Senators%20spar%20over%20nationwide%20injunctions%20stopping%20Trump%20policies&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Frollcall.com%2F2025%2F06%2F03%2Fsenators-spar-over-nationwide-injunctions-stopping-trump-policies%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>              <svg viewBox=\"0 0 23 18\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n                <title>Twitter<\/title>\n                <path d=\"M19.8 4.5v.6c0 6-4.6 12.9-12.9 12.9-2.6 0-4.9-.8-6.9-2 .4 0 .7.1 1.1.1 2.1 0 4.1-.7 5.6-1.9-2 0-3.7-1.3-4.2-3.1.2-.1.5-.1.8-.1.4 0 .8-.1 1.2-.2C2.4 10.4.9 8.6.9 6.4v-.1c.6.3 1.3.5 2.1.6-1.2-.8-2-2.2-2-3.8 0-.8.2-1.6.6-2.3 2.2 2.7 5.6 4.5 9.3 4.7-.1-.3-.1-.7-.1-1 0-2.5 2-4.5 4.5-4.5 1.3 0 2.5.5 3.3 1.4 1-.2 2-.6 2.9-1.1-.3 1.1-1.1 1.9-2 2.5.9-.1 1.8-.4 2.6-.7-.7 1-1.4 1.8-2.3 2.4z\" \/>\n              <\/svg><br \/>\n          <\/a>\n      <\/li>\n<li>\n          <a href=\"http:\/\/rollcall.com\/mailto:?subject=Senators%20spar%20over%20nationwide%20injunctions%20stopping%20Trump%20policies&#038;body=https%3A%2F%2Frollcall.com%2F2025%2F06%2F03%2Fsenators-spar-over-nationwide-injunctions-stopping-trump-policies%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>              <svg viewBox=\"0 0 19 15\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n                <title>Email<\/title>\n                <path d=\"M16.624.202H2.557c-1.207 0-2.19.943-2.19 2.102v9.805c0 1.159.983 2.102 2.19 2.102h14.067c1.207 0 2.189-.943 2.189-2.102V2.304c0-1.16-.982-2.102-2.19-2.102zm.333 3.398v8.509c0 .13-.156.246-.333.246H2.557c-.177 0-.333-.115-.333-.246V3.6l6.362 5.372c.13.11.296.17.467.17h1.074c.171 0 .337-.06.468-.17L16.957 3.6zm-1.179-1.542L9.59 7.299 3.403 2.058h12.375z\" \/>\n              <\/svg><br \/>\n          <\/a>\n      <\/li>\n<li>\n          <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/submit?title=Senators%20spar%20over%20nationwide%20injunctions%20stopping%20Trump%20policies&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Frollcall.com%2F2025%2F06%2F03%2Fsenators-spar-over-nationwide-injunctions-stopping-trump-policies%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>              <svg viewBox=\"0 0 22 19\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n                <title>Reddit<\/title>\n                <path d=\"M12.458.042l4.295.798h.001l.074-.118c.262-.382.69-.644 1.188-.67a1.542 1.542 0 0 1 .158 3.077 1.543 1.543 0 0 1-1.604-1.32l-.013-.14.004-.086-3.564-.662-1.452 4.965.416.019c2.208.129 4.202.762 5.72 1.733a2.42 2.42 0 0 1 1.606-.608 2.44 2.44 0 0 1 2.437 2.437c0 .845-.44 1.623-1.153 2.066.04.237.062.477.062.72 0 3.518-4.265 6.381-9.507 6.381-5.243 0-9.508-2.863-9.508-6.38 0-.252.024-.498.067-.741A2.438 2.438 0 0 1 .564 9.467 2.44 2.44 0 0 1 3 7.03c.592 0 1.149.21 1.592.594 1.524-.97 3.524-1.599 5.737-1.722l.418-.017 1.71-5.843zm1.647 14.604c-.008.009-.92.906-2.996.906-1.787 0-2.635-.664-2.833-.846l-.024-.022-.022-.023a.383.383 0 0 0-.58.5c.04.048 1.017 1.157 3.459 1.157 2.249 0 3.337-.938 3.521-1.114l.027-.027a.382.382 0 0 0-.552-.53zm.254-5.017a1.498 1.498 0 1 0 0 2.995 1.498 1.498 0 0 0 0-2.995zm-6.253 0a1.498 1.498 0 1 0-.001 2.995 1.498 1.498 0 0 0 0-2.995z\" \/>\n              <\/svg><br \/>\n          <\/a>\n      <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<p>Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee used a congressional hearing Tuesday to air grievances about district court rulings against the Trump administration, as Democrats argued judges are simply doing their job.<\/p>\n<p>The joint subcommittee hearing was among the latest Republican pushback to district judges who have ruled against the Trump administration, at times using nationwide injunctions to temporarily pause or slow executive branch actions.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, used his opening remarks to list off a string of cases in which courts ruled against the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>In one example, Cruz referenced an order from a Rhode Island district court that blocked Trump administration agencies from freezing funds awarded through two high-profile laws enacted during the Biden administration, a bipartisan infrastructure law and a separate climate, tax and health care package.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we\u2019re witnessing is the rise of judicial lawfare from the bench. One unelected district judge, sitting in a courtroom in San Francisco or Boston or Baltimore, can now issue a nationwide injunction that ties the hands of the president of the United States,\u201d Cruz said.<\/p>\n<p>Cruz said judges were confirmed \u201cnot to legislate, not to govern, but to apply the law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also slammed the rate of what he called \u201cuniversal injunctions\u201d against the government during the second Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., picked up on that point during his opening remarks, saying \u201cuniversal injunctions effectively didn\u2019t happen for the first 200 years of our Constitution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYet they\u2019ve become a fixture in our legal system in the last 20, especially when Donald Trump occupies the White House,\u201d Schmitt said.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., said some Republican lawmakers cheered nationwide injunctions against the Biden administration, and argued that the Trump administration is engaged in \u201cunprecedented lawlessness. Period.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Whitehouse said many of the executive orders from Trump are \u201cflat out, on their face illegal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHearings like this prop up a narrative that bad courts are stopping dear leader Donald Trump because some cabal of Democratic judges is out to get him. Wrong,\u201d Whitehouse said. \u201cThe reality is much simpler: He\u2019s breaking the law. And doing it a lot. And judges are doing their job.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The joint hearing comes as Republicans this Congress have <a href=\"https:\/\/rollcall.com\/2025\/03\/25\/republican-lawmakers-take-aim-at-nationwide-injunctions\/\">tried to curtail<\/a> the <a href=\"https:\/\/rollcall.com\/2025\/02\/21\/republicans-rediscover-objections-to-court-orders\/\">power of federal district judges<\/a> to issue nationwide injunctions.<\/p>\n<p>In the House, lawmakers <a href=\"https:\/\/rollcall.com\/2025\/04\/09\/house-passes-bill-to-limit-nationwide-injunctions\/\">passed a bill<\/a> that would limit that power. Senate Judiciary Chairman Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, has also introduced a bill on the topic.<\/p>\n<p>And earlier this year, Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, urged House appropriators to consider including language in fiscal 2026 funding bills that would \u201caddress the abusive use of nationwide injunctions.\u201d It remains unseen if appropriators will take that step.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court could also act on the issue as well. During <a href=\"https:\/\/rollcall.com\/2025\/05\/15\/supreme-court-sounds-open-to-limits-on-nationwide-injunctions\/\">oral arguments last month<\/a> in a case over birthright citizenship, a majority of justices on the nation\u2019s highest court appeared ready to put some limits on the ability of single federal district judges to freeze presidential actions nationwide.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<h2>\n    Recent Stories<br \/>\n  <\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p>      <\/main>\n  <\/div>\n<p> Alejandro Haslett<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/rollcall.com\/2025\/06\/03\/senators-spar-over-nationwide-injunctions-stopping-trump-policies\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congress Republicans describe the orders as anti-Trump, Democrats say Trump actions are illegal Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, led the Senate Judiciary joint subcommittee hearing Tuesday on nationwide injunctions. 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