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House Rules hearing exposes sharp partisan split over bill to limit nationwide injunctions
Summary
The House Rules Committee heard sharply divided testimony on a bill to limit district courts’ authority to issue nationwide injunctions, with Republicans urging a return to historical practice and Democrats warning the proposal would deny timely relief to many people.
The House Rules Committee heard detailed debate over the No Rogue Rulings Act of 2025 during a hearing that drew witnesses from the Judiciary Committee and extended exchanges among members on both sides of the aisle.
Proponents, including Representative Darrell Issa, said the bill would reinstate a roughly two-century practice of limiting district-court injunctions to the parties before the court and would curb what they called forum shopping and unilateral nationwide orders by single judges. Opponents — including Representative Jamie Raskin and Representative James McGovern — warned the bill would force millions of people to file individual suits to obtain relief and would create untenable…
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