Nationwide Injunctions

What are ‘nationwide injunctions?’
FYI from Fox News:
Nationwide injunctions are court orders that prevent the federal government from implementing a policy or law that has a cascading effect impacting the entire country, not just the parties involved in the court case.
Many of us probably do not recall any nationwide injunctions in years past. That would certainly be understandable as there hadn’t been very many of them.
How many have there been in the recent past?
From 1963 through 2020 there had been only 127 of them and 64 occurred during President Trump’s first term from 2017-2020.
There were 32 injunctions issued against the Bush, Obama and Biden administrations collectively since 2001, meaning the first Trump administration was on the receiving end of double the amount of nationwide injunctions than his two predecessors and successor combined, according to the April 2024 edition of the Harvard Law Review.
Are these nationwide injunctions are political? … Is the pope a catholic?
Of the nationwide injunctions during Trump’s first term, 59 of them came from a judge appointed by a president of an opposing party. Hmmm!
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court somehow felt compelled to comment on this issue even though he and four other Justices recently ducked when they had a chance to address this issue.
From the Epoch Times:
Earlier this month, the Supreme Court declined to take up the administration’s appeal challenging a lower court order requiring the government to disburse $2 billion in foreign assistance.
Justice Samuel Alito said he was stunned by his colleagues’ decision and was joined by Justices Clarence Thomas, Brett Kavanaugh, and Neil Gorsuch in dissenting from their denial of the administration’s appeal.
“Does a single district-court judge who likely lacks jurisdiction have the unchecked power to compel the Government of the United States to pay out (and probably lose forever) 2 billion taxpayer dollars?” Alito asked. “The answer to that question should be an emphatic ‘No,’ but a majority of this Court apparently thinks otherwise.”
Note to Justice Roberts:
“When you have an opportunity to get it hit, you have to at least get in the batter’s box and swing at a pitch. Being critical from the on-deck circle will not suffice!”
3/22/25