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Jonathan Turley Says Even ‘Liberal Justices’ May Halt ‘Lilliputian Attack’ On Trump From District Judges
Daily Caller ^ | March 31, 2025 | Harold Hutchison

Posted on 03/31/2025 6:37:14 PM PDT by Red Badger

George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley predicted Monday that even “liberal justices” on the Supreme Court might support ending so-called “nationwide” injunctions.

A divided three-judge panel from the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld an injunction issued on March 15 by United States District Judge James Boasberg of the District of Columbia ordering the Trump administration to turn two planes carrying members of the Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua (TdA) to El Salvador around. Turley said that too many judges elected to “yield” to temptation, leading to “exasperation” among the high court’s members.

“Even liberal justices like [Associate] Justice [Elena] Kagan have expressed exasperation with these lower court judges who are issuing national injunctions rather than just enjoining any actions with regard to the parties in their given district and for many of these judges they follow Oscar Wilde’s rule that the only way to be rid of temptation is to yield to it and so you’ve got over 600 judges issuing national injunctions,” Turley told “America Reports” co-host Sandra Smith.

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“So from the perspective of a president, it’s like flying a jumbo jet and every passenger saying I want my turn. There’s one person on that plane who has the task of landing it,” Turley continued. “Presidents have expressed frustration for years that they have to face this lilliputian attack from district courts. Each one has these national injunctions that can stop the action of the federal government.”

Republican Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa promised to introduce legislation to address the nationwide injunctions during a Tuesday speech on the Senate floor after blocking a resolution from Senate Democrats demanding that President Donald Trump respect court rulings. Turley said Grassley was correct to address the actions of some district judges.

“What happens is that these judges issue a TRO [temporary restraining order] and that can be a couple of weeks before they even turn into what’s called a preliminary injunction,” Turley told Smith. “All that time, the federal government is frozen in amber. Only after that PI is signed can they take it up on appeal, so one of the things that the Congress is looking at is a way of fast-tracking these things which I think makes a lot of sense.” (Click Here To Watch The Daily Caller Documentary “Cartelville, USA”)

Upon taking office on Jan. 20, Trump issued several executive orders to address illegal immigration, including designating Mexican drug cartels, TdA and MS-13, an El Salvadoran prison gang, as foreign terrorist organizations. Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to speed up the deportation of TdA gang members on March 15.

The Border Patrol encountered millions of illegal immigrants during the Biden administration, according to figures released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).


TOPICS: Government; History; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: boasberg; bozoberg; inferiorcourts; jonathanturley; judgewatch; lawfare; trump

1 posted on 03/31/2025 6:37:14 PM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

“Says Even ‘Liberal Justices’ May Halt ‘Lilliputian Attack’ On Trump From District Judges”

Wanna bet?


2 posted on 03/31/2025 6:48:13 PM PDT by hardspunned (Look for the“Putin Stooge” libel, news from Ukraine you’ve gradually grown to trust over 30 months s)
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To: hardspunned

Bullcrap... Completely delusional to think that anyone aligned with Team Violent Commie Pervert POS Libtard will counter the lunatics...


3 posted on 03/31/2025 6:52:43 PM PDT by Common Sense 101
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To: Red Badger
nope.
Roberts would have swatted down these insurrectionist judges if he really had any desire to uphold the Constitutional order.
They are forcing President's hand so that these traitors can shout 'Constitutional Crisis' when President Trump justifiably tells them all to pound sand. Or better yet, have them arrested for overstepping their authority (they are all wannabee dictators right now).
4 posted on 03/31/2025 6:54:11 PM PDT by El Cid (Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved)
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To: Red Badger

This is great. The power to issue nationwide injunctions is the core problem, and has never been tested in court.


5 posted on 03/31/2025 7:00:14 PM PDT by bigbob (Yes. We ARE going back!)
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“ The power to issue nationwide injunctions is the core problem, and has never been tested in court.”

And what will you do when the USSC upholds this power of district judges to issue nationwide injunctions?

I mean, this is a revolution. It’s not a dinner party.


6 posted on 03/31/2025 7:03:56 PM PDT by Jim Noble (Assez de mensonges et de phrases)
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To: Red Badger

I wouldn’t hold my breath.


7 posted on 03/31/2025 7:27:50 PM PDT by eclectic (Liberalism is a mental disorder)
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To: Red Badger

I doubt it. They’ll get themselves kicked out of the RAT club.


8 posted on 03/31/2025 7:39:42 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: Red Badger

I wouldn’t bet money on it. Congress is in charge of the district courts. They need to do their job.


9 posted on 03/31/2025 8:26:45 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Jim Noble
Seems to Brave Sir Roberts is the classic meme guy facing two buttons:

One is labelled "Hate Trump, Destroy System"...

ButtonChoiceMeme

...and the right one is labeled "Help Trump, Save System"

and he really, really wants to push the first one.

10 posted on 03/31/2025 9:07:59 PM PDT by MikelTackNailer (Listen to me now, think about it later and cry about it some other day.)
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To: Red Badger

Jonathan has been on a roll today. “Lilliputian attack” and
“Trump likes to put a snake in a can and give it to the ‘media’”.


11 posted on 03/31/2025 10:32:07 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (It's great that 27 year old Karoline Leavitt has every Democrat on the planet peeing their Depends.)
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To: Jim Noble

The number of district/circuit judges should then be reduced greatly by Congress. There are only 9 seats in the Judiciary that require impeachment/removal to have the individuals removed. Congress can simply pass legislation eliminating these other Judiciary positions.


12 posted on 03/31/2025 10:58:42 PM PDT by Degaston
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