Republican lawmakers have introduced a bill to limit the ability of district judges to impose nationwide injunctions.
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) introduced the “No Rogue Rulings Act,” which would limit judges’ ability to make decisions affecting people outside their districts.
House Majority leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) confirmed on the social media platform X that legislation will be brought to the House Floor next week.
The bill states, “No United States district courts shall issue an order providing injunctive remedies, except for such an order which is only applicable to limit the actions taken by a party in the case before the district court concerning the party seeking such relief from the district court.”
Issa introduced his legislation shortly before Donald Trump demanded that U.S. district judge James Boasberg be removed, as he had barred the Trump Administration from using the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelan immigrants.
“This judge should be impeached, just like the many crooked judges that I am forced before,” Trump stated on Truth Social.
The Los Angeles Times reported that Issa’s bill is gaining traction with several prominent Republicans.
When introducing NORRA at a House Judiciary Committee Hearing, the Times reported that Issa said: “The injunctions were nothing more than partisan judicial abuse, and had disrupted President Obama’s constitutional duty.”
“This has enabled activist judges to influence national policy throughout the country…something this Constitution never contemplated.”
Trump isn’t alone in calling out judges.
Elon Musk, the head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), had previously called for “a wave of judicial impeachments” of judges who had blocked DOGE’s efforts to streamline the federal Government.
Rep. Brandon Gill (R-Texas) introduced last week a resolution that called for Boasberg to be impeached, alleging the judge had abused his power. The Hill reported that several other Republicans have begun preparing impeachment articles for other judges.
Politico reported that House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Senate Majority John Thune (R-S.D.) on Monday dismissed calls from Trump and other legislators to impeach federal court judges.
Impeachment, as a measure, is extraordinary. Johnson told reporters that they were looking at “all the options we have” to solve this problem.
The speaker and House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, are considering other legislative tools to address the federal judiciary, including hearings in the Judiciary Committee to “highlight the abuses.”
