‘Very Dangerous’: GOP Sen. Grassley Warns About Judges Going Rogue, Seizing Power They Don’t Have (Video)

Bob Unruh, WND News CenterMay 5, 2025

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U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, the most senior member of the upper chamber, is warning district court judges that their reign of issuing nationwide injunctions to block the agenda of President Donald Trump will be ending.

“Universal injunctions are an unconstitutional abuse of judicial power,” said the senator who is chief of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

District judges, those handling the entry level of the federal court system, have issued dozens of injunctions preventing Trump from exercising he role as the manager of the nation’s Executive branch since he took office.

They did the same thing during his first term, but during his second term have ramped up their attacks.

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That issue is pending right now before the Supreme Court, whose members already have expressed concern about the wanton issuance of such orders, by a district judge, that purports to control Executive branch policy nationwide, and even worldwide.

Senator warns of 'unconstitutional' judicial overreach ahead of SCOTUS showdown.

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A report at Fox News said Grassley cited a decision just last week.

“A D.C. district judge issued a universal injunction blocking the president’s executive order requiring voter ID or proof-of-citizenship prior to voting in national elections,” Grassley said. But that ignores the idea that “judges are not policymakers.”

He continued, “Allowing them to assume this role is very dangerous.”

He added, “The president of the United States shouldn’t have to ask permission from more than 600 different district judges to manage the executive branch he was elected to lead. I happen to agree with some Democrats that in previous years have said some judges have gone way beyond what a judge should do on national injunctions.”

The Supreme Court has awaiting its decision a charge that nationwide injunctions on Trump’s order regarding birthright citizenship were wrong.

He said while the Supreme Court should issue a ruling on those injunctions, he and others in Congress already are working on legislation that would “end” universal injunctions that have been used by so many leftist judges against the president.

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