Josh Hawley Lays Out ‘No-Brainer’ Way To Rein In Rogue Judges

Republican Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley said on Fox News Monday that it’s time to curb the powers of activist district courts.

President Donald Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to accelerate the deportation of Tren de Aragua (TdA) gang members. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg of the District of Columbia, however, issued an injunction and required the Trump administration to bring back two planes of gang members on their way to El Salvador. During an appearance on “The Ingraham Angle,” Hawley said he was frustrated with the misuse of judicial authority through so-called nationwide injunctions.

“The key thing to do here, Laura, is to end the ability of these district courts to abuse their judicial authority by issuing these so-called nationwide injunctions,” Hawley told host Laura Ingraham. “I don’t think they have that authority, properly speaking, under the Constitution, Article III. What they’re doing is they’re purporting these judges, they’re purporting to go out, and to bind parties and individuals who aren’t before them .”

Hawley said such actions exceed their constitutional authority.

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“We only have one Supreme Court that can bind the whole nation. District courts aren’t supposed to be able to do it, and yet President Trump has been subject already to 15 separate, so-called nationwide injunctions,” Hawley said. “In his first term, Laura, there were 64. We have never seen anything like this in American history. It’s incredibly abusive, and Congress ought to end it, and we can end it by just saying, ‘No nationwide injunctions by these district courts.’”

Hawley said this was unprecedented and highly abusive, urging Congress to intervene.