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Senator Josh Hawley is taking a stand against what he calls “incredibly abusive” court orders blocking President Trump’s policies. Hawley says liberal judges have gone too far by using nationwide injunctions to stop Trump from fixing the border, cutting waste in government, and protecting kids from transgender surgeries.
The Missouri Republican announced a new bill to stop these nationwide injunctions. His plan would limit judges’ power so their rulings only apply to the people involved in a case—not the whole country. Hawley argues these injunctions let a handful of liberal judges in deep-blue cities override the president elected by millions of Americans.
Liberal judges slapped President Trump with 15 nationwide injunctions in February alone. These orders have blocked efforts to secure the border, remove transgender individuals from the military, and stop taxpayer funding for hospitals that perform sex-change surgeries on minors. Hawley says this is a coordinated attack by Democrats who lost the election but refuse to accept the results.
Hawley’s bill, the Nationwide Injunction Abuse Prevent Act, would end this judicial overreach. It clarifies that district court rulings can’t control national policy. That means activist judges in cities like San Francisco or New York couldn’t dictate laws for the entire country. Hawley says Congress must step in to defend the Constitution’s separation of powers.
Democrats have been “judge-shopping” to find friendly courts willing to block Trump’s agenda. They filed lawsuits in districts with far-left judges who happily issue nationwide injunctions. One judge in New York even barred Trump’s administration from accessing its own Treasury Department records—without letting the government argue its case first.
This lawfare strategy is straight from the Democratic playbook. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer bragged about installing hundreds of liberal judges to rule against Trump. These judges act like a backup government, stopping policies they don’t like even though voters elected Trump to fix the mess in Washington.
President Trump has faced 64 nationwide injunctions since taking office—compared to just 12 against Obama in eight years. Hawley says this proves liberals are weaponizing the courts because they can’t win at the ballot box. His bill would restore sanity by letting Trump do the job voters hired him to do.
The fight over nationwide injunctions is about more than legal technicalities. It’s about whether America remains a democratic republic where elected leaders set policy—or whether unaccountable judges can override the people’s will. Hawley’s bill gives Republicans a chance to end this judicial coup and let President Trump finish draining the swamp.
