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- Graham praises SCOTUS ruling limiting judges' ability to block presidential policies</p>
<p>Sarah FortinskyJune 30, 2025 at 7:29 AM</p>
<p>Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) praised the Supreme Court ruling on Friday that limits judges' ability to block the president's policies nationwide.</p>
<p>In an interview on ABC News's "This Week," Graham acknowledged that both sides have tried to select judges that would be most sympathetic to their lawsuit challenging an administration's action — but Graham said it's appropriate for that practice to stop.</p>
<p>"A single federal court district judge has been able to enjoin policy for the nation, and [Supreme Court Justice] Amy Coney Barrett said that the equitable powers of a federal judge have limits," Graham said.</p>
<p>Graham noted that Republicans, during the Obama administration, "actually did this."</p>
<p>"We went to Texas and got a federal district court judge for a period of time to enjoin ObamaCare," he added.</p>
<p>Graham said that's not the way policy should be made.</p>
<p>"So, the ruling was, a single judge cannot stop policy for the entire country," Graham said. "That's beyond the mandate of a federal district court judge. You still have judicial review, but it has to go up the chain."</p>
<p>"A single judge can't stop a program for the entire country, and that's a good thing, because people are going judge shopping," he added.</p>
<p>Graham was pressed on the GOP's past instances of going "judge shopping" to block federal policies they didn't like.</p>
<p>"Totally," Graham said. "I mean, and I'm here to say, judge shopping needs to stop."</p>
<p>"We need to have a system where if you're going to enjoin policy for the nation, it's done at a higher level than a single judge, for the left or the right," he said.</p>
<p>The Supreme Court ruling, along ideological lines, paved the way for President Trump's executive order restricting birthright citizenship to go into effect in some areas of the country.</p>
<p>Ruling that three federal district judges went too far in issuing nationwide injunctions against Trump's order, the high court's decision claws back a key tool plaintiffs have used to hamper the president's agenda in dozens of lawsuits.</p>
<p>"These injunctions — known as 'universal injunctions' — likely exceed the equitable authority that Congress has granted to federal courts," Barrett wrote for the court's six Republican-appointed justices.</p>
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