Posted on 06/28/2025 4:59:40 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
The Supreme Court has set a new, higher bar for judges seeking to block Trump administration policies nationwide. But some legal routes remain open.
A Supreme Court ruling limiting the ability of judges to block White House policies will bring a wave of urgency and uncertainty to the federal courts, experts said, as plaintiffs pursue new ways of blocking President Trump’s agenda and judges sort out how to apply the court’s complex ruling.
On Friday, the Supreme Court ruled that district court judges likely exceeded their authority with so-called nationwide injunctions.
Also known as universal injunctions, they have been used by judges more than two dozen times to block pieces of Mr. Trump’s second-term agenda, including freezes on federal funding, changes to voting rules and limitations on birthright citizenship — all with the stroke of a pen. Now, the justices ruled, the lower courts can only block government policies for “each plaintiff with standing to sue.”
Those plaintiffs can still win rulings that affect a large number of people, including, for example, everyone living in a state in a case brought by that state’s attorney general.
The justices also specified two exceptions to its new rule: class-action lawsuits, which can apply to groups of people in a similar legal situation, and cases brought under the Administrative Procedure Act, which governs executive branch rule-making and allows judges to block actions by agencies found to be “arbitrary” or “capricious.”
The result was a muddled picture, with the Trump administration and its adversaries rolling out competing readings of what is likely to happen next.
The White House framed the ruling as effectively giving a judicial green light to its entire agenda.
But hours later, Skye Perryman, the president of Democracy Forward, a legal group that has brought dozens of lawsuits against the administration...
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The limits aren’t new...they were reaffirmed.
Might take some overtime. Although, it could end up being like Night Court.
Democracy Forward ping
I’d love to see the retirements come pouring in.
The courts that think they can block the Whitehouse are.....
Those seeking to block President Trump's agenda need a dip in tar,
feathered, and rode out of town on a rail.
Any entity whose sole goal is to upend the President Trump’s administration is IMHO, a traitor.
Judge to Danny DeVito:
“I look up to you.”
Its not new limits.
Its reigning them back to constitutional limits withing their jurisdictions. They never were intended to have jurisdiction over the entire country. Its the very reason why they have limited territories. 94 districts means 1 districts ruling affects that 1 district. 13 appeals means they cover a number of districts. But not districts outside their assigned districts.
It never ws set up that a low level district court could force a ruling over the entire nation. They o ly pulled this crap because republican president the deep state and uniparty doesnt like.
Ah, the NYT are still butt-hurt over it, I see. This is what, third? Fourth article today?
Oh well. As I said in the other post: Cry more, NYT. And kiss my rear while you’re at it!
Grapple?
| President | Years in Office | Inj* | Inj/Y** |
|---|---|---|---|
| Theodore Roosevelt | 1901-1909 | 0 | 0 |
| William Howard Taft | 1909-1913 | 0 | 0 |
| Woodrow Wilson | 1913-1921 | 0 | 0 |
| Warren G. Harding | 1921-1923 | 0 | 0 |
| Calvin Coolidge | 1923-1929 | 0 | 0 |
| Herbert Hoover | 1929-1933 | 0 | 0 |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt | 1933-1945 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | 0 | 0 |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower | 1953-1961 | 0 | 0 |
| John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | 0 | 0 |
| Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | 0 | 0 |
| Richard Nixon | 1969-1974 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | 0 | 0 |
| Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | 12 | 1.5 |
| George H. W. Bush | 1989-1993 | 6 | 1.5 |
| Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | 12 | 1.5 |
| George W. Bush | 2001-2009 | 12 | 1.5 |
| Barack Obama | 2009-2017 | 20 | 2.5 |
| Donald Trump (1st Term) | 2017-2021 | 64 | 16 |
| Joe Biden | 2021-2025 | 14 | 3.5 |
| Donald Trump (2nd Term) | 2025 | 17 | 94.4 |
For Trump 47, the figure comes from scaling the Congressional Research Service’s (CRS) reported 17 nationwide injunctions from January 20 to March 27, 2025 (66 days, or 0.18 years), to a full year (17 ÷ 0.18 = 94.4).
Courts were not meant to be all-powerful and superior to all other government branches. That is what Justice Barrett’s opinion in CASA referenced in her statement that Jackson in her dissent promotes an “imperial” judiciary.
Democrats, at the moment, don’t want three equal branches of federal government. They want a tiered government with the judiciary being first, bureaucratic agencies second, and congress third. In their world the President himself plays no part in the decision making process since he is just a figure-head. This, of course, will change should they retake Congress or the White House.
Nothing new here.
They never had unlimited or unrestrained power.
Yep.
The far left Democrat judges have gone completely nuts.
They need to be cut down to size.
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