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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Josh Marcus

House approves act that limits judges’ checks-and-balances rights to slow the Trump agenda

The House of Representatives passed a bill that would limit the ability of federal judges to issue national rulings in lower court cases, as Donald Trump and his allies have raged against judges for temporarily blocking key parts of the president’s agenda.

The No Rogue Rulings Act, which passed on Wednesday 219-to-213 with just one Republican joining Democrats in the opposition, would limit federal district judges from issuing nationwide injunctions, instead restricting them in most cases to rulings that only affect the parties before them.

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