Justice Department Targets Nationwide Injunctions Trump Blasted

The Trump administration is raising the stakes in a decades-long effort by the Justice Department to curb nationwide injunctions, which have halted signature presidential policies under both Republican and Democratic administrations.

High ranking officials have been pushing the issue in speeches to the legal establishment, portraying the practice as a judicial power grab. Both Vice President Mike Pence and Attorney General William Barr launched public criticisms against the practice in May.

“This era of judicial activism must come to an end,” Pence told the Federalist Society. And Barr said in a speech to the American Law Institute that “nationwide injunctions ...