Senate Judiciary Hearing Debates Limiting ‘Universal’ Nationwide Injunctions
Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, opened a hearing arguing that single district judges are issuing nationwide injunctions that in practice set national policy and asked Congress to consider legislation limiting such orders.
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Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, opened a committee hearing focused on what he and some colleagues called “universal injunctions” — district-court orders that bar federal policies nationwide. “It just can't be right that 1 district judge can stop a nationwide policy in its tracks and leave it stopped for years that it takes to go through the normal process,” Grassley quoted, citing Justice Elena Kagan, and said Congress should consider legislation to stop the practice.
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