GOP lawmakers are looking to curtail the power of federal district courts as President Donald Trump and his administration push back on rulings that have slowed his actions on immigration, the firing of federal probationary employees and efforts from the Department of Government Efficiency.
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, in a social media post, said the chamber plans to vote next week on the bill from Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., which would limit the judiciary’s ability to issue injunctions that apply nationwide.
The Republican-controlled House Judiciary Committee approved the bill earlier this month. But attention on the measure escalated after Judge James E. Boasberg of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ordered a temporary halt to the removal of all noncitizens in U.S. custody who were targeted under the administration’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act.
