This legislation proposes to amend title 28 of the United States Code, specifically targeting the scope of injunctive relief issued by federal district courts. Its primary goal is to prevent district courts from issuing orders that have an effect beyond the immediate parties to a lawsuit or the geographical boundaries of their own judicial district. Under the proposed changes, a district court would be prohibited from issuing any injunctive relief unless it is explicitly limited to either the parties to the case before the court or the judicial district in which the court presides. This amendment would effectively eliminate the practice of nationwide injunctions, where a single district court order can halt a federal policy across the entire country.
Nationwide Injunction Abuse Prevention Act of 2019
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Law
Nationwide Injunction Abuse Prevention Act of 2025
USA119th CongressS-1099| Senate
| Updated: 3/25/2025
This legislation proposes to amend title 28 of the United States Code, specifically targeting the scope of injunctive relief issued by federal district courts. Its primary goal is to prevent district courts from issuing orders that have an effect beyond the immediate parties to a lawsuit or the geographical boundaries of their own judicial district. Under the proposed changes, a district court would be prohibited from issuing any injunctive relief unless it is explicitly limited to either the parties to the case before the court or the judicial district in which the court presides. This amendment would effectively eliminate the practice of nationwide injunctions, where a single district court order can halt a federal policy across the entire country.