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WASHINGTON — Today, Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) joined House Republican leadership to discuss Congressman Darrell Issa’s No Rogue Rulings Act, which would prevent district court judges from issuing rulings that affect the entire country.

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Whip Emmer: “District courts issued more universal injunctions and temporary restraining orders during February 2025 alone than in the first three years of the Biden administration. The American people’s trust in our court system has hit a record low, according to recent Gallup polling. And even Chuck Schumer is touting that he helped confirm 235, quote, ‘progressive judges,’ who are, quote, ‘ruling against Trump time after time.’ Somebody should advise the Senate minority leader that that is the problem. Judges are supposed to be blind as to who’s in front of them and just apply the law. You don’t appoint judges to advance your political agenda. This admission, and the sheer number of rulings against President Trump’s policies, should raise major red flags for every American who values our Constitution and the separation of powers. While Schumer cheers, clearly, these partisan rulings that tie the hands of the President of the United States and block the agenda of 77 million Americans, House Republicans are working to root out bias in our legal system and stop nationwide injunctions that threaten the separation of powers that our Founders intended. It is absolutely ridiculous that a district judge in San Francisco can issue an injunction, stopping the President from reducing the size of the federal government workforce in Washington, D.C. It makes no sense. That’s why we are going to pass Congressman Issa’s No Rogue Rulings Act this week to rein in activist judges, to return district courts to their appropriate role, and to restore constitutional balance to the three branches. The policies that 77 million Americans voted for should not be held hostage by one unelected district court judge—it’s as simple as that. By passing Congressman Issa’s bill and Congressman Chip Roy’s SAVE Act this week, House Republicans are once again returning common sense to Washington and delivering on the mandate the American people gave us in November.”

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