Posted on 01/27/2020 6:37:17 PM PST by Liberty7732
Since President Trump was inaugurated, leftists have brought a series of lawsuits on behalf of supposedly aggrieved parties–themselves, mostly–seeking to enjoin enforcement of administration policies. District Court judges in venues remote from the issue at hand, like a federal judge in Hawaii who purported to block implementation of the administration’s “travel ban,” have issued nationwide injunctions far exceeding the scope of any case or controversy actually before them (if any). This is a perversion of our legal system that encourages, to put it mildly, judge shopping. As a 41-year litigation veteran, I can tell you that judge shopping happens all the time. If a nationwide injunction is in prospect, the temptation to judge-shop is overwhelming.
This practice has come under nearly universal condemnation from judges and legal scholars, and many expect that before long, the U.S. Supreme Court will take decisive action to stop such overreaching by District Court judges. Earlier today, the Supreme Court took a step in that direction.
The Court ruled, on a party-line 5-4 vote, to grant a stay of a preliminary injunction barring implementation of the Trump administration’s “public charge” initiative, which simply enforces century-old federal immigration law. The administration’s rule shouldn’t even be controversial, but left-wing judges sought out by left-wing activists have put it in play. What is newsworthy is Justice Gorsuch’s blistering concurrence with the Court’s order, in which Justice Thomas joined:
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It’s a pleasure to read Justice Thomas.
What is necessary to make that happen? An appropriate case? Can this judicial abuse by stopped by legislation?
Declare war on them and ignore judges. What are they going to do? Want it enforced, enforce it!
Silly USAians, you’ve allowed judicial supremacy to become standard behavior, by allowing it for scores of years. The article and SCOTUS ruling does nothing to solve the problem of judges overriding executive actions.
Nothing will be done about it, because DC and most of our government agencies and layers are lawless, un-constitutional entities, foreign to our ways.
There must be jail for judges who rule on anything but lawful law and judges who over-reach lawful authority.
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