GOP Rep. Darrell Issa has introduced a bill aimed at preventing federal judges from issuing nationwide injunctions with the sole purpose of derailing a president’s political agenda, which Issa says has been the case since President Donald Trump was sworn in.
The legislation, known as the No Rogue Rulings Act (NORRA), amends Chapter 85 of title 28, United 5 States Code by adding a ‘Limitation on authority to provide injunctive relief.’
‘Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no United States district court shall issue any order providing for injunctive relief, except in the case of such an order that is applicable only to limit the actions of a party to the case before such district court with respect to the party seeking injunctive relief from such district court,’ the legislation states.
Dozens of activist and legal groups, elected officials, local jurisdictions and individuals have launched more than 50 lawsuits against the Trump administration since Jan. 20 in response to his more than 60 executive orders, as well as executive proclamations and memos, Fox News Digital reported earlier this month.
Issa says NORRA would limit the scope of nationwide injunctions by preventing federal judges from issuing injunctions that extend beyond parties directly involved in a case, while also ensuring that any injunction restricts only the specific parties requesting relief, regardless of whether the injunction involves outright enforcement of actions or policy actions.
‘The founders could never have envisioned judges and part of the legislative branch teaming up to tie down the executive and disempower the people,’ Issa told Fox News Digital, adding that the current judge-shopping climate in the United States amounts to ‘judicial tyranny’ and a ‘weaponization of courts.’
Issa’s office told Fox News Digital they are optimistic that this is a bill that will pass through Congress with Republican support and be signed by President Trump, adding that the bill has ‘maximum momentum.’
‘Nowhere in our Constitution is a single federal judge given absolute power over the President or the people of the United States,’ Issa posted on X last week.
Issa’s bill comes as the Trump administration has publicly pushed back against the flurry of injunctions from courts across the country.
‘Many outlets in this room have been fear mongering the American people into believing there is a constitutional crisis taking place here at the White House,’ White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said during a press briefing last week. ‘I’ve been hearing those words a lot lately, but in fact, the real constitutional crisis is taking place within our judicial branch, where district court judges in liberal districts across the country are abusing their power to unilaterally block President Trump’s basic executive authority.’
‘We believe these judges are acting as judicial activists rather than honest arbiters of the law and they have issued at least 12 injunctions against this administration in the past 14 days, often without citing any evidence or grounds for their lawsuits,’ she continued. ‘This is part of a larger concerted effort by Democrat activists, and nothing more than the continuation of the weaponization of justice against President Trump.’