Jen Psaki

All of those rulings were nationwide injunctions, and all of them came from one single, incredibly conservative judge, Judge Shopping. didn't seem to have any issues with nationwide injunctions back then. They shopped for the person who would do them. But now that Trump is in power, it's an entirely different story. And look, Democrats use nationwide injunctions too.

You might remember that a nationwide injunction is what blocked Trump's travel ban at the very beginning of his first term. National injunctions are kind of a double-edged sword. I mean, figuring out how to prevent individual radical judges at lower-level courts from unilaterally shaping U.S. policy and U.S. law nationwide is a bipartisan concern. People from both parties want reform there.

You might remember that a nationwide injunction is what blocked Trump's travel ban at the very beginning of his first term. National injunctions are kind of a double-edged sword. I mean, figuring out how to prevent individual radical judges at lower-level courts from unilaterally shaping U.S. policy and U.S. law nationwide is a bipartisan concern. People from both parties want reform there.

You might remember that a nationwide injunction is what blocked Trump's travel ban at the very beginning of his first term. National injunctions are kind of a double-edged sword. I mean, figuring out how to prevent individual radical judges at lower-level courts from unilaterally shaping U.S. policy and U.S. law nationwide is a bipartisan concern. People from both parties want reform there.

But there is a big, huge, enormous freaking Trump factor to consider here. When George Bush, just to put this in perspective, in these numbers I read this morning, and I thought they made the point very clearly. When George W. Bush was in office, federal judges issued just six nationwide injunctions against his policies, total, over two terms.

But there is a big, huge, enormous freaking Trump factor to consider here. When George Bush, just to put this in perspective, in these numbers I read this morning, and I thought they made the point very clearly. When George W. Bush was in office, federal judges issued just six nationwide injunctions against his policies, total, over two terms.

But there is a big, huge, enormous freaking Trump factor to consider here. When George Bush, just to put this in perspective, in these numbers I read this morning, and I thought they made the point very clearly. When George W. Bush was in office, federal judges issued just six nationwide injunctions against his policies, total, over two terms.

federal judges issued 12 against Obama during his two terms and 14 against Biden. In Trump's first term, federal judges issued 64 injunctions. In the 116 days Trump has been in office this term, he's already at 39. That's quite a pace.

federal judges issued 12 against Obama during his two terms and 14 against Biden. In Trump's first term, federal judges issued 64 injunctions. In the 116 days Trump has been in office this term, he's already at 39. That's quite a pace.

federal judges issued 12 against Obama during his two terms and 14 against Biden. In Trump's first term, federal judges issued 64 injunctions. In the 116 days Trump has been in office this term, he's already at 39. That's quite a pace.

And right now, nationwide injunctions are also the only thing blocking the Trump administration's attempt to do everything from end the temporary protected status for Venezuelan migrants, withholding federal money from schools that have diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, freezing all federal grants distributed by the entire federal government altogether.

And right now, nationwide injunctions are also the only thing blocking the Trump administration's attempt to do everything from end the temporary protected status for Venezuelan migrants, withholding federal money from schools that have diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, freezing all federal grants distributed by the entire federal government altogether.

And right now, nationwide injunctions are also the only thing blocking the Trump administration's attempt to do everything from end the temporary protected status for Venezuelan migrants, withholding federal money from schools that have diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, freezing all federal grants distributed by the entire federal government altogether.

Trump orders his administration to do illegal and unconstitutional things at a pace and scale we have literally never seen before from a president. So if the Supreme Court does what Trump wants and gets rid of nationwide injunctions, that check on his power, a very important check on his power, would be gone. Now, like I said, the Biden administration faced its own share of nationwide injunctions.

Trump orders his administration to do illegal and unconstitutional things at a pace and scale we have literally never seen before from a president. So if the Supreme Court does what Trump wants and gets rid of nationwide injunctions, that check on his power, a very important check on his power, would be gone. Now, like I said, the Biden administration faced its own share of nationwide injunctions.

Trump orders his administration to do illegal and unconstitutional things at a pace and scale we have literally never seen before from a president. So if the Supreme Court does what Trump wants and gets rid of nationwide injunctions, that check on his power, a very important check on his power, would be gone. Now, like I said, the Biden administration faced its own share of nationwide injunctions.

President Biden disagreed with a lot of them. He said so, but he did abide by them. He appealed the decisions and let the process play out in the courts. But in an absolutely jaw-dropping moment, I have no other way to describe it, at the Supreme Court today, Trump's Solicitor General said that that might not always be how the Trump administration does it.

President Biden disagreed with a lot of them. He said so, but he did abide by them. He appealed the decisions and let the process play out in the courts. But in an absolutely jaw-dropping moment, I have no other way to describe it, at the Supreme Court today, Trump's Solicitor General said that that might not always be how the Trump administration does it.

President Biden disagreed with a lot of them. He said so, but he did abide by them. He appealed the decisions and let the process play out in the courts. But in an absolutely jaw-dropping moment, I have no other way to describe it, at the Supreme Court today, Trump's Solicitor General said that that might not always be how the Trump administration does it.

They might follow court orders, they might not. Depends if they agree.