Republicans rediscover objections to court orders

Republicans rediscover objections to court orders

Trump and others air frustrations about judges holding up
administration moves

Republicans in recent weeks have decried rulings from district court
judges that halted some Trump administration actions, despite backing
similar court actions during the last administration and enacting a
law last month that gives states more power to ask judges to upend
federal immigration policies.

President Donald Trump chafed at the restrictions from the judicial
branch after a series of decisions this month related to the
Department of Government Efficiency, telling reporters that
cost-cutting efforts were "being hindered by courts where they file in
certain courts where it's very hard to win and a judge will stop us."

It's a familiar dynamic over more than a decade of partisan politics,
and one that Republicans praised under the Biden administration. State
attorneys general and activist groups on both sides of the aisle filed
lawsuits against the federal government in what they think of as
friendly courts and seek court orders blocking the incumbent
administration's policies.

Both Democrats and Republicans have said in recent weeks that it's
unlikely Congress will be able to pass legislation to curb nationwide
injunctions -- as either side would be giving up a courtroom tactic.

https://rollcall.com/2025/02/21/republicans-rediscover-objections-to-court-orders/