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2020-01-28 -Land of the Free
'Neil Gorsuch Issues Savage Rebuke to Activist Judges Black Robed Tyrants and their Nationwide Injunctions
[PJ] On Monday, the Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration's public charge rule to go into effect, striking down a nationwide injunction from a New York judge. The rule allows the government to deny green cards to immigrants who receive public assistance and are therefore considered a "public charge."

In addition to the 5-4 decision allowing the rule to go into effect, Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch issued a concurring opinion rebuking activist judges and their rush to apply "nationwide injunctions" against Trump administration policies.

"Today the Court (rightly) grants a stay, allowing the government to pursue (for now) its policy everywhere save Illinois. But, in light of all that’s come before, it would be delusional to think that one stay today suffices to remedy the problem. The real problem here is the increasingly common practice of trial courts ordering relief that transcends the cases before them. Whether framed as injunctions of 'nationwide,' 'universal,' or 'cosmic' scope, these orders share the same basic flaw‐they direct how the defendant must act toward persons who are not parties to the case," Gorsuch wrote.

Indeed, since Trump's inauguration, judges at various levels have issued injunctions to stall or prevent administration policy opposed by liberal groups and Democratic attorneys general. This is an egregious abuse of judicial review, and Gorsuch called the judges out for it.

"Equitable remedies, like remedies in general, are meant to redress the injuries sustained by a particular plaintiff in a particular lawsuit. When a district court orders the government not to enforce a rule against the plaintiffs in the case before it, the court redresses the injury that gives rise to its jurisdiction in the first place. But when a court goes further than that, ordering the government to take (or not take) some action with respect to those who are strangers to the suit, it is hard to see how the court could still be acting in the judicial role of resolving cases and controversies. Injunctions like these thus raise serious questions about the scope of courts’ equitable powers under Article III," he explained.

Related: Red State - SCOTUS Upholds Trump Rule Against Immigrants Drawing Welfare But the Real Target Was Rogue NeverTrump Judges
Posted by Besoeker 2020-01-28 05:37|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ]  Top

#1 Wow. As Plugz would say, This is a big f---ing deal. A huge ruling that could be the first crack in the wall of the Administrative State.

Maybe the Deep State next?

Go get 'em, Gorsuch.
Posted by Lex 2020-01-28 11:06||   2020-01-28 11:06|| Front Page Top

#2 Yet another reason The Orange Man is do hated by the kommunis.
Posted by Besoeker 2020-01-28 11:08||   2020-01-28 11:08|| Front Page Top

#3 The left uses lawfare to try to tie up Trump in the courts and create a goat rodeo for the country. Good for Gorsuch.
Posted by JohnQC 2020-01-28 16:05||   2020-01-28 16:05|| Front Page Top

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