Jim Jordan Unleashes On District Judges Over Injunction That 'Makes No Sense'

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During debate on the House floor, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) spoke in strong support of HR 1526, the No Rogue Rulings Act.

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00:00Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I now would ask to yield such time as he may consume to

00:04the chairman of the full committee, Mr. Jordan. The chairman from Ohio is right.

00:08Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I thank the gentleman for yielding. 677 federal

00:12district judges are just that. Judges. They're not the president of the United

00:16States. They're not the person who put his name on the ballot, ran nationwide,

00:20got 77 million votes, won the Electoral College, head of the executive branch.

00:24They're judges, district judges, said this in committee. The real question

00:30ultimately is who gets to decide some district judge or the guy who put his name

00:35on the ballot, some bureaucrat or the guy who ran for the office and got elected

00:40by we the people. That's the fundamental question. And guess what? We just got two

00:44decisions from the United States Supreme Court, which seemed to reinforce that

00:47fundamental principle that the guy who runs and heads the executive branch should

00:51make the decision. Two days ago, Supreme Court said they're going to put a hold on

00:56the time on this, this Judge Boasberg and this migrant issue that's been with us for

01:00the last three weeks. And then yesterday, Supreme Court said to this unelected

01:05district judge in California that thinks they get to decide how many

01:10probationary employees work in the executive branch, not the guy who heads the

01:14executive branch. They said no to that, those left-wing groups who were seeking

01:18standing in that case. Both decisions are wins for the Constitution, wins for the

01:25rule of law, wins for the executive branch, and maybe most importantly, wins for

01:29common sense. I think I've been pointing this out since Judge Boasberg issued his

01:36order. When he said turn the plane around, bring back the bad guys, bring back the

01:42illegal migrants in this terrorist organization, turn the plane around, bring

01:46them back. That makes no sense, makes no sense, and the American people understand

01:51it. So I want to thank Mr. Issa for this good piece of legislation that we passed out

01:57of the committee, I think, four weeks ago. I want to thank Representative Schmidt, who

02:01added the good amendment to it that I think makes a good bill even stronger, and I

02:05would urge adoption of the legislation. With that, I yield back to our chairman.

Jim Jordan Unleashes On District Judges Over Injunction That 'Makes No Sense'

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