In just over two months — from January 20 to March 27, 2025 — rogue judges issued seventeen nationwide injunctions against President Trump’s lawful actions. This level of judicial interference is not only unprecedented, it is extremely dangerous to our constitutional system. Anarchists might be pleased, but both conservative and liberal citizens should be very concerned. For example, federal district judges have blocked executive orders addressing birthright citizenship, immigration reform, federal employment, foreign aid, and military readiness. Executive actions that fall squarely within presidential authority have been frozen nationwide by unelected judges, often before a full hearing on the merits.

Cases like Washington v. Trump and Doe v. Trump halted important reforms to citizenship policy. Others, such as PFLAG, Inc. v. Trump and National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education v. Trump, stopped efforts to dismantle divisive and unconstitutional ideological programs. Even military policies critical to national security have been derailed by activist courts.

This is not legitimate judicial review. It is judicial supremacy — a radical departure from our constitutional design, where the judiciary checks unlawful actions but does not govern in place of the executive. If judges can nullify presidential actions at will, elections lose their meaning. Congress and the Supreme Court must act to rein in the abuse of nationwide injunctions. Our republic depends on a true separation of powers — not rule by a few district judges substituting their political preferences for the will of the people.

David Rivers

Thornton