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On the recordApril 8, 2025
Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the No Rogue Rulings Act, a bold and necessary step to rein in activist judges who have made it their sole mission to obstruct the agenda of President Donald J. Trump. Let's be clear about what is at stake. In November 2024, the American people gave President Trump a mandate to secure our borders, shrink a bloated Federal bureaucracy, and put America first. He has acted swiftly, with over 100 executive orders in just 3 months, to deliver on those promises that he made to the American people. Yet, what have we seen? Unelected judges have issued sweeping nationwide injunctions to stop him at every turn. There have been 53 lawsuits already halting deportations of dangerous criminal aliens, blocking cuts to wasteful spending, and tying the hands of a President doing his best to protect America. This isn't justice. It is judicial tyranny. The No Rogue Rulings Act says that enough is enough. It is a simple, commonsense fix. No single district judge should have the power to grind the entire Nation to a halt with one rogue ruling. Why should a single unelected judge override the votes of 80 million Americans? This is not how our Constitution was designed. The Founding Fathers gave Congress the power to check the courts, and it is time we began using it. Take Judge James Boasberg's ruling last month halting deportations of Venezuelan gang members under the Alien Enemies Act.…
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Lauren Boebert
Republican · Colorado

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