House Speaker Mike Johnson announced urgent legislative steps to curtail activist judges’ influence, citing a constitutional crisis fueled by unprecedented legal challenges against President Trump.
By yourNEWS Media Newsroom
House Speaker Mike Johnson on Saturday announced the House will take aggressive action to limit the influence of activist federal judges, who he says are waging an “all out war” against President Trump, Trump voters, and the Executive Branch. Johnson warned the country is now in a constitutional crisis, with the judiciary undermining the duly elected president through judicial overreach.
The House is working overtime to limit the abuses of activist federal judges. Our @JudiciaryGOP will expose the worst offenders in a high profile hearing & we are preparing urgent legislative action, like the @repdarrellissa bill to stop unfounded nationwide injunctions. pic.twitter.com/3KZP80NgSk
— Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) March 22, 2025
In just under two months, President Trump has faced 129 legal challenges brought by judges deemed sympathetic to leftist causes. Only two of those cases have been resolved, with the remainder still pending. During his first term, Trump faced 64 injunctions halting his policies, and in his second term, that number has already reached 15—more than all previous U.S. presidents combined.
Democratic Senate leader Chuck Schumer has boasted about confirming 235 “progressive judges” during the Biden administration, which Johnson cited as a strategic move to influence the courts’ rulings against Trump’s policies.
Despite the escalation in legal obstruction, the U.S. Supreme Court has not yet intervened, with Chief Justice John Roberts facing criticism for not acting on Trump’s emergency appeal regarding nationwide injunctions.
Several rulings from federal judges have sparked further controversy. Judge Tanya Chutkan recently allowed Democrat state attorneys general access to sensitive information about Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) employees, revealing the identities of younger staffers working on waste and fraud reduction. Judge Beryl Howell blocked Trump’s directive to ban DNC-connected law firm Perkins Coie from government business, despite the firm’s involvement in commissioning the discredited ‘Trump-Russia’ dossier via Fusion GPS.
Judge James Boasberg has ruled against Trump’s immigration enforcement policies, ordering him to return individuals with violent criminal histories back into the U.S. from deportation. Additionally, Judge Ana Reyes, appointed by Biden, blocked Trump’s military policy with a nationwide injunction halting his ban on transgender individuals serving in the armed forces.
Speaker Johnson stated that the House Judiciary Committee, under Republican leadership, will hold public hearings to “expose the worst offenders” among these judges. He also revealed that legislation is being prepared to rein in judicial overreach, including a bill introduced by Representative Darrell Issa aimed at halting what Johnson called “unfounded nationwide injunctions.”
“The House is working overtime to limit the abuses of activist federal judges. Our Judiciary GOP will expose the worst offenders in a high profile hearing and we are preparing urgent legislative action, like the Rep Darrell Issa bill to stop unfounded nationwide injunctions,” Johnson said in a statement.
The announcement signals a significant push from House Republicans to restore what Johnson described as balance between the branches of government and to defend executive authority from judicial overreach.