Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, filed a new bill Monday aiming to restrain the district court judges that have been issuing restraining orders blocking President Donald Trump’s agenda.
“America’s government cannot function if the legitimate orders of our commander-in-chief can be overridden at the whim of a single district court judge,” Sen. Lee said in a statement on the bill’s introduction.
Left-leaning activist groups have filed lawsuits blocking Trump’s executive orders and other actions, and critics say the groups effectively pick the judges in the cases by selecting favorable jurisdictions in which to sue. In the name of providing temporary relief to injured parties, judges have issued temporary restraining orders and injunctions, ordering the administration not to implement the executive orders.
Critics say this process stymies the president from carrying…
