Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) is reportedly planning to hold a hearing next week to address the issue of activist judges using nationwide orders to stymie President Donald Trump’s agenda.
The hearing is set to take place just after the House holds a similar hearing. Grassley told Foxx News Digital that “District judges’ abuse of nationwide injunctions has hobbled the executive branch and raised serious questions regarding the lower courts’ appropriate jurisdictional realm.”
The senator further argued that “Since the courts and the executive branch are on an unsustainable collision course, Congress must step in and provide clarity.”
The purpose of the hearing is to “explore legislative solutions to bring the balance of power back in check,” Grassley added.
In a press release, the lawmaker argued that judges should not be empowered to summarily block a president’s agenda.
The President of the United States shouldn’t have to ask permission from more than 600 different district judges to manage the executive branch he was elected to lead… The practice of sweeping nationwide injunctions, broad restraining orders and judicial policymaking must end. It’s unconstitutional, it’s anti-democratic and it’s imprudent. If the Supreme Court won’t stop it, Congress must.