{"id":123017,"date":"2019-05-22T17:44:58","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T21:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=123017"},"modified":"2019-05-22T17:45:32","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T21:45:32","slug":"activist-judges-lambasted-for-legislating-from-the-bench-and-overruling-the-potus-as-never-before","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=123017","title":{"rendered":"Activist Judges Lambasted for Legislating From the Bench and Overruling the POTUS as Never Before"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>AG Barr blasts federal judges who impose nationwide injunctions<\/h1>\n<p><!--more--><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/mediadc.brightspotcdn-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-123018\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/mediadc.brightspotcdn-1-1024x538.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/mediadc.brightspotcdn-1-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/mediadc.brightspotcdn-1-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/mediadc.brightspotcdn-1-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/mediadc.brightspotcdn-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>by Zachary Halaschak<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ArticlePage-articleBody-firstLetter\">A<\/span>ttorney General William Barr blasted federal judges who have issued more than 37 nationwide injunctions during the Trump administration, more than in the entirety of the 20th century.<\/p>\n<p>In a Tuesday\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/speech\/attorney-general-william-p-barr-delivers-remarks-american-law-institute-nationwide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">speech<\/a>\u00a0to the American Law Institute, Barr went after \u201cimproper use of nationwide injunctions against policies of all stripes\u201d and said that the use of the injunctions to block policy gives district courts \u201cunprecedented power.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne judge can, in effect, cancel the policy with the stroke of the pen,\u201d he said. \u201cNo official in the United States government can exercise that kind of nationwide power, with the sole exception of the President. And the Constitution subjects him to nationwide election, among other constitutional checks, as a prerequisite to wielding that power.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One example he cited was the legal battles over the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which offers protections for individuals brought to the U.S. illegally as children, instituted under former President Barack Obama.<\/p>\n<p>He went on to emphasize the magnitude and increase of the injunctions, pointing out that the use of the rulings has increased dramatically since President Trump was inaugurated and contrasted the prevalence of the orders with those under Trump\u2019s Democratic predecessor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince President Trump took office, federal district courts have issued 37 nationwide injunctions against the Executive Branch. That\u2019s more than one a month. By comparison, during President Obama\u2019s first two years, district courts issued two nationwide injunctions against the Executive Branch, both of which were vacated by the Ninth Circuit,\u201d Barr said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that according to his department\u2019s estimates, federal judges only issued 27 nationwide injunctions during the 20th century.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/ag-barr-blasts-federal-judges-who-impose-nationwide-injunctions\">https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/ag-barr-blasts-federal-judges-who-impose-nationwide-injunctions<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AG Barr blasts federal judges who impose nationwide injunctions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-123017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=123017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123017\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=123017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=123017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=123017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}