Alabama Sens. Tuberville, Britt supporting proposed act to reclarify reach of judicial branch
In the wake of President Trump's inauguration and recent executive orders, Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) and Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) have expressed their support of Sen. Chuck Grassley's (R-Iowa) proposed legislation for clarifying the reach of judicial relief.
In the wake of President Trump's inauguration and recent executive orders, Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) and Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) have expressed their support of Sen. Chuck Grassley's (R-Iowa) proposed legislation for clarifying the reach of judicial relief.
In the wake of President Trump's inauguration and recent executive orders, Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) and Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) have expressed their support of Sen. Chuck Grassley's (R-Iowa) proposed legislation for clarifying the reach of judicial relief.
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In the wake of President Trump's inauguration and recent executive orders, Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) and Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) have expressed their support of Sen. Chuck Grassley's (R-Iowa) proposed legislation for clarifying the reach of judicial relief.
Grassley's suggested piece of legislation is called the "."
He wrote in an that the U.S. judicial branch has "inserted themselves into national policy debate" by issuing orders "derailing executive policy nationwide."
鈥淧resident Trump has exposed the fact that our courts are full of woke activist judges who think they were elected President. But they were not,鈥� said Sen. Tuberville. 鈥淢ore than 77 million Americans voted for President Trump and his agenda 鈥� and liberal judges should not be allowed to issue injunctions on policies they do not agree with. We need our justice system to focus on upholding the Constitution, not pushing an agenda. If judges have a problem with that, they can run for political office.鈥�
The legislation seeks to put an end to the judicial universal injunctions (or, nationwide injunctions) which, Grassley said, are being used against and to obstruct the Trump administration. He said that more than two-thirds of the universal injunctions issued over the past 25 years have been against this administration.
are a kind of injunction that allows for a single federal district judge to block a policy from taking effect. They can prevent the federal government from enforcing a law against anyone.
According to , during President Trump's first term, he faced 64 injunctions, compared to Biden's 14.
The act would end the usage of universal injunctions against the government and against those not present in court. It would also end the "abuse" of temporary restraining orders, according to Grassley's op-ed.
Other Republican senators such as Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) have expressed their support for this act.