Republican-led US House votes to limit judges' power to block Trump's agenda

[highplainsdem]

Source: Reuters

Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to curtail the ability of judges to issue nationwide injunctions blocking government policies after key parts of President Donald Trump's agenda have been stymied by such court rulings.

The House voted 219-213 along largely party lines in favor of the No Rogue Rulings Act, a bill that top Republican lawmakers have called a priority after numerous judges ruled against Trump's executive orders and policies used to implement his immigration crackdown and government downsizing initiatives.

The bill now goes to the Senate, where it faces long odds of securing the 60 votes needed to become law. Republicans have only a 53-47 majority in the Senate, where similar legislation to limit nationwide injunctions is pending.

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Democrats lambasted the bill as an effort to change the rules to ensure judges could not fully block anything unlawful Trump does while in office, after many of former President Joe Biden's own initiatives were blocked by courts.

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/republican-led-us-house-votes-limit-judges-power-block-trumps-agenda-2025-04-10/

[dweller]

1. We knew they were hypocrites

Now they’ve signed on as accomplices

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[Doodley]

2. Another attempted step towards dictatorship.

[BOSSHOG]

3. Has trump already castrated them

Or just threatened to. Why are they in office? To be subjugated and belittled and forced to be worthless rather than constantly offensive. Fuck the rule of law. To hell with democracy. At long last republicans, have you no decency?

[vapor2]

4. Ummmm NOPE

[Karasu]

5. If this goes through, the last real check on this administration is gone, short of a military coup or a revolution.

Which almost certainly aren't happening.

The GOP no longer has a reason to exist. They are hypocrites and cowards who stand for nothing, and are there solely to allow their leaders to break the law without consequence. That is their one and only purpose.

They should have ceased to be a political party after 1/6.

[Hieronymus Phact]

6. Wouldn't this be ruled unconstitutional by those same judges?

[Lovie777]

7. Democrats need to pounce on all...

the crappy shit these GQP are doing to destroy democracy as well as to fuck the middle class and poor. Also we still may have a recession/depression from all the job lost just not federal employees but employees across the country.

Remember 2007 - 2008.

[Blasphemer]

8. Classic political theater...

They know this bill is going nowhere but it will make them look good to MAGATs and TSF.

[oldmanlynn]

9. Why do Democrats?

Keep acting like Republicans are gonna turn to being nice guys eventually. You gotta kick him when they’re down stop playing nice

[Old Testament Libera]

10. It has no force in law

Judiciary Branch is a Constitutional branch

[alarimer]

11. The Judiciary is a separate and equal branch of government

Do these cretins not get this?

[travelingthrulife]

12. Monsters. All Republicans are cowards.