In a recent interview, Representative Jim Jordan, head of the House Judiciary Committee, revealed his plan to counter the rogue judiciary opposing President Trump.

From Just the News. As President Donald Trump faces stiff challenges from federal judges across the country, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, is laying out a sweeping agenda for judicial reform to rein in judges that he says are being overtly political.

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In just under 65 days of President Trump’s second term, federal judges have issued at least 15 nationwide injunctions, where single judges on the district court level have attempted to block certain administration policies nationwide. …

“[When] you have a judge whose behavior is so politically, so political against President Trump, you kind of got to start asking the question, really, is this just a bad judicial decision, or is this based on politics?” Jordan told the “Just the News, No Noise” TV show on Tuesday.

Three reforms being proposed

Jordan, who leads the House committee responsible for overseeing the federal law enforcement and court system, told Just the News that he is planning to address reforms to the judicial system in three ways …

“[There’s] three avenues that Congress has to deal with this situation. One is legislative, and we’re already working on that. We’ve passed the bill out of committee two and a half weeks ago that the Speaker has indicated they’re gonna put on the floor next week. But that bill says, when you have one of these federal district judges who issues an injunction, you know, some some judge in Timbuktu California issues an injunction, it should only apply to parties in the case and in that respective jurisdiction, it shouldn’t have nationwide application. So we think that makes sense,” Jordan said. …

The deportation case

One case that has garnered nationwide attention is being presided over by Judge James Boasberg of the Washington, D.C., District Court. The case centers around Trump’s invocation of the 1798 Alien Enemies Act to deport members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua. …

But, if the House Republican bill becomes law, judges like Boasberg would not be able to issue such sweeping injunctions that halt federal policy.

Jordan said his committee will also explore ways to use Congress’ appropriations power to exercise influence over judges they believe have gone rogue. Second, “you can look at the appropriations process,” Jordan told the “Just the News, No Noise” TV show.

The United States Constitution separates the Supreme Court and the Congress, the Founders gave lawmakers the authority to regulate and organize all lower federal courts. …

Jordan also promised that his committee will conduct oversight hearings on the federal judiciary and the judges that have blocked the Trump administration’s policies.

Boasberg’s political background muddies the waters

“[Finally], you do oversight. We’re planning hearings. The first hearing would start next week, next Tuesday, and we’ll announce those witnesses as soon as we finalize them,” Jordan said. “Then I think in those hearings, we’ll focus on the injunction issue, but also into this ruling, this order, from Judge Boasberg, which, I mean, just on its face, is so ridiculous.”

Jordan also raised concerns about Boasberg’s history, specifically his role leading the FISA court during the Trump-Russia collusion investigation and attending a junket to an event sponsored by anti-Trump academics and speakers. …

We recently heard about how congress can work to restrain activist and rogue judges. You can hear more about this topic on our recent webcast, embedded below:

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(Excerpt from Just the News. Photo Credit: Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America – Jim Jordan, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=113608683)