U.S. Sens. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) and Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) co-sponsored U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley’s (R-Iowa) Judicial Relief Clarification Act of 2025 on Monday.
The bill would limit federal court orders to parties directly before the court – ending the practice of universal injunctions and clarifying the constitutional role of the judicial branch.
Under the bill, parties seeking nationwide relief would be required to file a class action lawsuit. The bill would amend the Administrative Procedure Act and the Declaratory Judgment Act to limit courts’ decisions to the parties before them, and make temporary restraining orders (TROs) immediately appealable.
“President Trump has exposed the fact that our courts are full of woke activist judges who think they were elected President. But they were not,” Tuberville said in a statement. “More than 77 million Americans voted for President Trump and his agenda – and liberal judges should not be allowed to issue injunctions on policies they do not agree with. We need our justice system to focus on upholding the Constitution, not pushing an agenda. If judges have a problem with that, they can run for political office.”
Britt stated, "There’s no disputing the fact that activist district court judges are far too often overstepping their authority by issuing sweeping nationwide injunctions that go well beyond the litigants appearing before them. Our legislation reins in that practice. It will ensure that lower courts act in an appropriate manner and utilize the class action process if they wish to provide nationwide relief against a challenged policy. As a member of the Judiciary Committee, I support Chairman Grassley’s efforts to restore the proper role of our nation’s district courts in the legal and court system."
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