House Passes Bill to Limit District Judges’ Authority

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House Passes Bill to Limit District Judges’ Authority

Elizabeth Weibel 9 Apr 2025

The House of Representatives passed a bill that limits the authority of judges in federal district courts and would prevent them from being able to issue injunctions.

In a 218-214 vote, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1526, also known as, the No Rogue Rulings Act (NORRA). The bill was introduced by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA).

According to the text of the bill, H.R. 1526 would “amend title 28, United States Code, to limit the authority of district courts to provide injunctive relief, and for other purposes.”

The New York Times reported that the bill “would largely limit district court judges to issuing narrow orders that pertain to parties involved in a specific lawsuit,” and added that the bill will “face a slim chance of becoming law,” due to obstacles in the Senate. The bill would need support from seven Democrat senators in addition to Republican senators:

    The bill, approved mostly along party lines on a vote of 219 to 213, would largely limit district court judges to issuing narrow orders that pertain to parties involved in a specific lawsuit, rather than broader ones that can block a policy or action from being enforced throughout the country. It would make an exception in cases that were brought by multiple states, which would need to be heard by a three-judge panel.

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https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/04/09/house-passes-bill-limit-district-judges-authority/

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Here's an instructive example of a federal judge becoming king of everything.

Federal Judge Blocks New Hampshire Parents from Protesting Trans Athletes with Wristbands
Parker Tirrell, a transgender athlete who plays on his high school's girls soccer team
Katherine Hamilton15 Apr 20255

A federal judge in New Hampshire sided with a local school district — and gender insanity — by blocking parents from wearing wristbands on school property to protest transgender-identifying boys from playing on girls’ sports teams.

In September several parents wore pink wristbands with “XX” on them to reference female sex chromosomes during a girls’ high school soccer game where trans-identifying male athlete Parker Tirrell, now 16, was playing on the other team, Fox News reported on Tuesday.

Bow and Dunbarton School Districts Superintendent Marcy Kelley responded to the wristbands by issuing a notice of trespass against the parents, including Antony and Nicole Foote, Kyle Fellers, and Eldon Rash, according to local media reports. The no-trespass order has since expired.

The parents subsequently sued the school district, alleging that their First Amendment rights had been violated and asking the judge to allow them to carry signs and wear wristbands featuring “XX” at school events while the case is ongoing.

On Monday U.S. District Court Judge Steven McAuliffe, a President George H. W. Bush appointee, sided with the school district and said it acted reasonably in preventing parents from protesting. 

“While plaintiffs may very well have never intended to communicate a demeaning or harassing message directed at Parker Tirrell or any other transgender students, the symbols and posters they displayed were fully capable of conveying such a message,” he wrote. “And, that broader messaging is what the school authorities reasonably understood and appropriately tried to prevent.”
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/04/15/federal-judge-blocks-new-hampshire-parents-protesting-trans-athletes-wristbands/

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Nice gesture, but...
Won't get through the Senate unless the filibuster is nuked...