Universal Injunctions: The Left’s Go-To Political Weapon Against the Trump Agenda
14th March 2025
In less than two months, President Donald Trump has signed more than 80 executive orders, reshaping federal government policy and administration of the executive branch on a range of issues including immigration, national security and defense, gender, education, and government efficiency.
Predictably, the Left is trying to use the courts to fight this political battle, seeking out judges who they believe will step in and block Trump’s executive orders, in some cases almost before the ink of his signature is even dry.
If it needs to be said, the legislative and executive branches must comply with the Constitution when they exercise their powers, and judges are sometimes asked to decide whether they have.
But the judiciary is subject to the same Constitution, which limits judicial power to deciding “cases” and “controversies,” that is, to settling legal disputes between specific parties. These legal challenges to Trump’s executive orders are trying to go far beyond those limits.