Anyone remember Justice Thomas, in Trump v. Hawaii, remarking that the issue of nationwide injunctions (radical district judges holding the country hostage) needing to be addressed?
I am skeptical that district courts have the authority to enter universal injunctions. These injunctions did not emerge until a century and a half after the founding. And they appear to be inconsistent with longstanding limits on equitable relief and the power of Article III courts. If their popularity continues, this Court must address their legality.
The Seventh Circuit just agreed to an en banc (full court) rehearing of City of Chicago v. Sessions. Here's a part of the order, sauce below. Relevant portion is the issue that the en banc panel will take up.
The Attorney General has asked this court to review en banc the nationwide aspect of the injunction that was issued by the district court, and affirmed by the panel of this court, in the case of Chicago v. Sessions, No. 17-2991. He has not challenged the propriety of the injunction insofar as it applies to Chicago, nor has he challenged the panel's decision that the district court properly enjoined, as likely unconstitutional, the imposition of the notice and access conditions on the Byrne JAG Grant for Chicago. A majority of the judges in regular active service voted to grant the limited rehearing en banc on the narrow issue presented by the Attorney General: whether the preliminary injunction issued by the district court was properly applied beyond the City of Chicago to encompass jurisdictions nationwide.
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