The Republican-controlled House has finally gotten a bill passed on a key issue: reining in rogue “activist judges” and curbing nationwide injunctions.
On April 9, the House passed the “No Rogue Rulings Act” largely along party lines, with only one Republican lawmaker, Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH), joining the 212 Democrats in voting against it. The bill passed with 219 Republicans voting in favor, while one other lawmaker did not vote.
“Democrats insist there is a constitutional crisis just because they don’t like President Trump’s policies,” House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) wrote in a post on X before the vote. “The actual crisis is activist judges trying to single-handedly stop the President’s agenda.”
Democrats insist there is a constitutional crisis just because they don’t like President Trump’s policies.
The actual crisis is activist judges trying to single-handedly stop the President’s agenda.
This week, the House will vote on @repdarrellissa’s No Rogue Rulings Act to… pic.twitter.com/pSun16wyLQ
— Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) April 7, 2025
As Johnson said, the Democrats have insisted that there is a “constitutional crisis” because President Donald Trump has been following through with his promises from the campaign trail that the American people voted for. In reality, the so-called “constitutional crisis” is clearly these rogue leftist judges issuing dubious nationwide injunctions in response to ridiculous lawsuits from Democrats. One major example is the ongoing war between leftist judges and the Trump administration over deportations. Despite the fact that the Trump administration’s agencies are clearly allowed to deport all illegal aliens according to the Constitution, Democrat judges have insisted that the American taxpayers fund lengthy and expensive trials and other processes before an illegal alien can be deported, even though the outcome will be the same: deportation.
The “No Rogue Rulings Act” will amend U.S. Code to bar district courts from issuing injunctions unless they apply only to the parties in the particular case they are ruling on. According to The Daily Wire, “Before passing out of the House Judiciary Committee last month, the bill was amended to allow for an injunction from a panel of three randomly-selected judges when the overarching case is brought by two or more states in multiple circuits and make room for appealing to the Supreme Court.”
The Trump administration has issued a statement noting that the president intends to sign the bill if it makes it to his desk in its current form. The bill is now heading to the Republican-controlled Senate.
“This bill is consistent with this Administration’s commitment to preserving the separation of powers enshrined in our constitution,” the Trump admin’s statement read.
President Trump has endorsed my No Rogue Rulings bill – activist judges have been put on notice! pic.twitter.com/jOgcydRz5D
— Rep. Darrell Issa (@repdarrellissa) April 9, 2025
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), who introduced the bill, spoke about the measure’s necessity during House floor debate on April 8.
“Left-leaning activists have cooperated with ideological judges who they have sought out to take their cases and weaponized nationwide injunctions to stall dozens of lawful executive actions and initiatives” from the Trump administration, Issa said.
“Proof of that occurred just yesterday,” Issa added, referencing a Supreme Court ruling that overturned corrupt U.S. District Judge James Boasberg’s insane ban on deportations of illegal alien gang members to El Salvador.
