‘Self-Important Judges’: Chip Roy Slams Courts For Protecting Bureaucrats Over Public Safety

Republican Texas Rep. Chip Roy appeared Tuesday on Fox News and slammed the judges who he said are hindering President Donald Trump’s efforts to make the government operate more efficiently.

During an appearance on “The Ingraham Angle,” Roy said these judges are misusing the Administrative Procedures Act, a piece of legislation dating back to 1946, to unjustly expand their powers and thwart administrative actions they deem arbitrary or capricious. He said there’s a disconnect between judicial interpretations and legislative intentions.

“The absurdity of the fact that these activist judges are stepping in and trying to tell the president of the United States, who is the chief executive of our government, that he can’t have his designees or himself look at information. Go down and look and make sure that Social Security numbers aren’t duplicated. Go try to expose all of the ridiculous programs that the American people sent him to Washington to expose. tells you how corrupt and how, frankly, self-important judges think they are,” Roy told Laura Ingraham.

Roy criticized what he said is a self-important attitude among judges who believe they can act without limits.

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“And they’re using and abusing, you know, the Administrative Procedures Act. You’re very familiar with it, based on your legal background and knowledge, and, you know, they’re using that as what arbitrary and capricious standard to say they can do whatever they want,” Roy said. “And the fact is, they can’t. And that’s one of the things, to answer your question, Congress may need to take a look at, whether we amend that statute or change it in some form or fashion.”

This misuse of authority, Roy said, contrasts with actions taken during the Biden administration.