Overview

• Senator Chuck Grassley has introduced the Judicial Relief Clarification Act to prevent federal judges from issuing nationwide injunctions that block policies beyond the parties involved in a lawsuit.
• The bill requires litigants seeking nationwide relief to file class action lawsuits and makes temporary restraining orders against the government immediately appealable.
• Nationwide injunctions have been used to halt several Trump administration policies, including those on transgender military service and deportations, prompting Republican criticism of judicial overreach.
• Grassley argues that such injunctions allow individual judges to dictate national policy, undermining the constitutional balance of power between branches of government.
• Critics warn that eliminating nationwide injunctions could lead to inconsistent enforcement of laws across the country and weaken judicial oversight of executive actions.