Nationwide Injunctions Menace Rule of Law and Democracy Itself, Senior DOJ Official Says

Nationwide Injunctions Menace Rule of Law and Democracy Itself, Senior DOJ Official Says
Screenshot of Assistant Attorney General Beth Williams speaking at the Heritage Foundation panel “The Legitimacy of Nationwide Injunctions” in Washington on Feb. 4. Screenshot Heritage Foundation
Matthew Vadum
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The historically unprecedented, recent tendency of unelected federal judges to issue sweeping nationwide injunctions against the Trump administration, in which they impose their own policy preferences on the nation, is becoming a threat to the rule of law and democratic governance, a senior U.S. Department of Justice official told a Heritage Foundation audience.

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