Graham praises SCOTUS ruling limiting judges’ ability to block presidential policies
Share and Follow


Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) praised the Supreme Court ruling on Friday that limits judges’ ability to block the president’s policies nationwide.

In an interview on ABC News’s “This Week,” Graham acknowledged that both sides have tried to select for judges that would be most sympathetic to their lawsuit challenging an administration’s action — but Graham said it’s appropriate for that practice to stop.

“A single federal court district judge has been able to enjoin policy for the nation, and [Supreme Court Justice] Amy Coney Barrett said that the equitable powers of a federal judge have limits,” Graham said.

Graham noted that Republicans, during the Obama administration, “actually did this.”

“We went to Texas and got a federal district court judge for a period of time to enjoin Obamacare,” he added.

Graham said that’s not the way policy should be made.

“So, the ruling was, a single judge cannot stop policy for the entire country,” Graham said. “That’s beyond the mandate of a federal district court judge. You still have judicial review, but it has to go up the chain.”

“A single judge can’t stop a program for the entire country, and that’s a good thing, because people are going judge shopping,” he added.

Graham was pressed on the GOP’s past instances of going “judge shopping” to block federal policies they don’t like.

“Totally,” Graham said. “I mean, and I’m here to say, judge shopping needs to stop.”

“We need to have a system where if you’re going to enjoin policy for the nation, it’s done at a higher level than a single judge, for the left or the right,” he said.

In the latest Supreme Court ruling, on ideological lines, paved the way for President Trump’s executive order restricting birthright citizenship to go into effect in some areas of the country.

Ruling that three federal district judges went too far in issuing nationwide injunctions against Trump’s order, the high court’s decision claws back a key tool plaintiffs have used to hamper the president’s agenda in dozens of lawsuits.

“These injunctions — known as ‘universal injunctions’ — likely exceed the equitable authority that Congress has granted to federal courts,” Barrett wrote for the court’s six Republican-appointed justices.

Share and Follow
You May Also Like

Satellite pics reveal Russian base housing Putin’s nuke subs WAS damaged in quake tsunami – with entire pier snapped off

NEW satellite pictures have revealed the base housing Vladimir Putin’s prized nuclear…

Zoo worker critical after being mauled in the neck by a leopard in horror attack at Jerusalem Biblical Zoo

A ZOO worker is in a critical condition after being ferociously mauled…

Watch moment huge mushroom cloud erupts over Russian plant after massive Ukrainian strike in major blow to Putin

THIS is the jaw-dropping moment when a huge fireball erupted over a…

Heston Blumenthal Opens Up About Using Wegovy for Weight Loss and Concerns Over Slimming Injections Impacting the Food Sector

Heston Blumenthal has revealed he’s taking the weight-loss drug Wegovy. The celebrity chef,…

Kamala Surprises Stephen Colbert With Her Thoughts on a Presidential Run, Struggles to List Democratic Leaders

Soon-to-be ex-late-night talk show host Stephen Colbert was taken aback when Kamala…

DeSantis orders flags at half staff in honor of ‘true Floridian’ Hulk Hogan

Flags in the Sunshine State are being flown at half-staff Friday in…

Senate leaving Russia sanctions power fully in Trump’s hands

Republican senators are getting ready to leave Washington without advancing a major…

Chilling wolf map shows ferocious beasts prowl Brit holiday hotspots after boy, 6, snatched from mum by infamous ‘Bram’

FEROCIOUS wolves are prowling British holiday hotspots as the number of the…