The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed a bill curbing nationwide court injunctions. This move comes as a result of district court judges blocking or halting many of the Trump administration’s initiatives during the past few months. President Trump has since given his support to the bill.
The bill, called The No Rogue Rulings Act, would limit the ability of federal district court judges to issue nationwide court injunctions. It would also limit their ability to issue injunctions not just nationwide, but in any way beyond the party represented in the court. An amendment to the bill would allow nationwide court injunctions by district courts if lawsuits were brought by states in different judicial circuits and a three-judge panel decides whether a nationwide injunction is appropriate. The amendment also stipulated that any of these injunctions can be appealed to the Supreme Court of the United States.
The passage of the bill in the House of Representatives occurred on April 9, 2025. The vote was very partisan, with only one House republican voting against it. Critics of the bill have argued House republicans are only pushing this bill forward to appease President Trump. Critics have also argued that the bill mislabels the string of judicial injunctions as a crisis rather than a response to a crisis.
Supporters of the bill argue nationwide court injunctions have been weaponized by as a means of judicial activism, solely meant to curtail the efforts of the Trump administration. Supporters also argue that the bill would merely support the President’s legitimate powers under Article II of the U.S. Constitution, which the string of court injunctions are trying to undermine.
Meanwhile, Senate Republicans have introduced similar versions of the bill, but none have been voted on yet. It’s currently unknown what will happen to currently standing injunctions if this bill is signed into law.
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