9/13/2018

COURTS/JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LAWSUIT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Thursday [9-13-18] vowed to fight back against federal courts that issue injunctions barring the federal government from implementing regulations nationwide, and accused federal judges of engaging in ‘judicial activism’…Nationwide injunctions have become a favored tool by states and other groups who have staunchly opposed many of the Trump administration’s more controversial policy initiatives. They allow a single judge in one federal district to block the implementation of new rules across the entire United States. The new guidelines call on Justice Department litigators to fight back against cases that involve nationwide injunctions. During the Obama administration, Republican-led state attorneys general and business groups often sought nationwide injunctions, a strategy that has since been more often deployed by Democratic state attorneys general and civil rights groups who seek to block many of President Donald Trump’s policies.”

Sarah N. Lynch, “Attorney general vows to fight nationwide court injunctions,” Reuters, September 13, 2018 12:40 pm