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Thursday 9 May 2019

Trump administration seeks to target

nationwide injunctions

administration intends to He said the administration court order should apply
try to challenge the right of will seek opportunities to nationwide or only to the
federal district courts to is- put this question before the people who are challeng-
sue nationwide injunctions. Supreme Court "to ensure ing an administration poli-
In a speech at the Feder- that decisions affecting cy.
alist Society conference every American are made A nationwide injunction has
in Washington, Pence ar- either by those elected to the effect of stopping "a
gued that nationwide in- represent the American federal policy everywhere,"
junctions issued by federal people or by the highest the administration told the
judges "prevent the execu- court in the land." Supreme Court in the travel
Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the Federalist Society's an-
nual Executive Branch Review Conference, Wednesday, May 8, tive branch from acting, Top administration officials ban case. The more com-
2019, in Washington. compromising our national have often complained mon practice is for a judge
Associated Press security by obstructing the about the proliferation to issue an order that gives
lawful ability of the presi- of nationwide injunctions only the people who sued
By JILL COLVIN and MARK WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice dent to stop threats to the since Trump became presi- what they want.
SHERMAN President Mike Pence said homeland where he sees dent on issues ranging from A White House official said
Associated Press Wednesday that the Trump them." immigration to health care, the administration would
so the idea of pushing back be looking for potential
is not new. relevant cases to press the
Indeed, the administration issue, and said Pence also
has asked the Supreme discussed it at the end of
Court to deal with nation- the Cabinet meeting con-
wide injunctions in the past, vened by the president on
including in the travel ban Wednesday.
case. But the court never In his remarks, Pence quot-
addressed the nationwide ed from an opinion by Jus-
extent of the injunction tice Clarence Thomas, who
against the ban issued by joined the majority opin-
lower courts because the ion upholding the Trump
justices upheld the ban in travel ban last June, but
its entirety. also wrote separately to
For the Supreme Court to say nationwide injunctions
issue a definitive ruling on "are legally and historically
nationwide injunctions, dubious" and that the high
it would first have to rule court would have to step in
against the administration "if federal courts continue
on the underlying merits of to issue them."
the case before it. Only at Trump has long railed
that point could the court against district courts, es-
consider whether a lower pecially the 9th Circuit, for
blocking his initiatives, in-
cluding efforts to overhaul
the nation's immigration
system.
But Trump won a 2-1 ruling
from the 9th Circuit on Tues-
day that allows the admin-
istration to make asylum
seekers wait in Mexico for
immigration court hearings
while a court challenge
continues.q