'Courts Decide What The Law Is': Dan Goldman Calls Out GOP For Blaming Judges For Injunctions

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During remarks on the House floor Tuesday, Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) called out Republicans who blamed the courts for their rulings on nationwide injunctions.

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00:00from Maryland. And I yield the gentleman from New York one minute and 45 seconds.

00:05Gentleman is recognized. Thank you to the regular member. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise today in

00:09opposition to this bill, which is simply an attempt by House Republicans to intimidate

00:14judges who issue rulings that they simply don't like. My colleagues concede that it is the Supreme

00:22Court which determines what the law is. Well, in today's modern age, how do you get to the

00:29Supreme Court? You go first to the district court, then through the appeals court, and then up to the

00:34Supreme Court. Now, there are many complaints that that takes too long. I agree. But we're citing

00:39rulings on the other side of the aisle of Supreme Court rulings on these very nationwide injunctions

00:46within a few weeks. And even former Speaker Newt Gingrich, the Republican star witness at our

00:53committee hearing last week on this topic, conceded that nationwide injunctions are appropriate in some

01:00cases. And that's why this bill is not about the substance. It is clear that the House Republicans

01:06have completely abdicated their own constitutional duty to be a check and balance on the president.

01:13So the only remaining check that is left in our separation of powers is the courts.

01:18But it's not enough for my colleagues to hand over all of their own authority to the president.

01:24They want to hand over the judiciary branch's authority too. A fundamental principle of our

01:31Constitution is that the courts decide what the law is, not Congress and not the president, even if he is

01:40elected, which I would note for our friends down at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is true for every single

01:48president. My colleagues complain about the high number of nationwide injunctions during the first

01:54three months of this of this presidency. Well, rather than blame the judges for that, I've got an idea.

02:00Stop breaking the law. This is a bad bill that gets us nowhere other than toward autocracy.

02:08And I yield back. We reserve. Gentlemen from Maryland Reserve.

'Courts Decide What The Law Is': Dan Goldman Calls Out GOP For Blaming Judges For Injunctions

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