03.20.24

McConnell Remarks On Restoring Trust In Judiciary

‘The federal bench in places like Texas and Louisiana, as an entity, isn’t what erodes trust in the judicial branch. What erodes trust is the ability of individual district judges everywhere to apply their orders nationwide. I think we should end this practice - in Amarillo and San Francisco, in Lubbock and Seattle, in Dayton and Baltimore.’

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding national injunctions:

“Here on the floor yesterday, the Democratic Leader defended his efforts to restrict rural Americans’ access to justice. And he laid plain some rather partisan goals.

“Apparently, our colleague is upset that he still has not managed to bully the Judicial Conference into embracing his vision of unequal justice.

“During the course of his speech, he invited me ‘to find ways to restore trust in the judiciary.’ Well, I have one: it’s the bill from Senator Cotton to end nationwide injunctions.

“The federal bench in places like Texas and Louisiana, as an entity, isn’t what erodes trust in the judicial branch. What erodes trust is the ability of individual district judges everywhere to apply their orders nationwide. I think we should end this practice – in Amarillo and San Francisco, in Lubbock and Seattle, in Dayton and Baltimore. 

“If the Democratic Leader wants to restore trust in our judiciary, he can join me in supporting this common-sense, nonpartisan reform. Or perhaps, he’d rather have a DHS Secretary in Oakland who wears a robe.”

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Related Issues: Judicial Nominations