Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee showed no signs Wednesday they would back the Republican push to curtail the power of federal district judges to issue nationwide injunctions, a type of court order that has been used to hobble executive actions from the Trump administration.
Republican lawmakers are pursuing the issue in a multi-pronged approach. They had teed up a floor vote on legislation in the House, made a request to include language in fiscal 2026 funding bills and Senate Judiciary Chairman Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, introduced a new bill on the topic.
District court judges have paused Trump administration efforts to overhaul the federal government, end birthright citizenship and fire federal probationary employees, among other policies.
