Hiltzik: GOP thinks the court orders they used against Biden should be outlawed — because they now target Trump

 
The old political adage that "where you stand depends upon where you sit" has been getting aired out in Washington.

 
Republicans and conservatives used to celebrate judges' issuance of nationwide court injunctions to block Biden policies or progressive government programs.

 
Now that nationwide court injunctions are being used to block Trump policies, however, onetime fans of the practice have decided that it's unconstitutional and illegal and needs to be outlawed.

 
Law professors Nicholas Bagley and Samuel Bray
"When a single district court judge halts a law or policy across the entire country," Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, wrote his colleagues on Monday, "it can undermine the federal policymaking process and erode the ability of popularly elected officials to serve their constituents."

 
That's not untrue. But I couldn't find evidence that Jordan ever made this point before Trump came into office. I asked his committee staff to identify any such reference, but haven't heard back.

 
The issue of nationwide injunctions — in which federal judges apply their rulings beyond the specific plaintiffs who have brought suits in their courthouses — dovetails with another widely decried abuse of the judicial process. That's "judge-shopping," through which litigants connive to bring their cases before judges they assume will rule in their favor, typically by filing lawsuits in judicial divisions staffed by only a single judge whose predilections are known.

 
The combination of these schemes allowed conservative judges in remote federal courthouses to block major policy initiatives by President Biden, such as his efforts to enact student debt relief.

 
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You stupid filthy fucking maga traitor cunts are moronic fucking cunts - plain and simple