And that exposes a weakness in our big-picture model of governance. So many times recently, I’ve been aghast that one person can affect the basics of our lives. Like the judges in Texas who have the power to ban abortion medication for the whole country, or yank away preventive medical care from the Affordable Care Act. It feels undemocratic.
I've been an attorney for 35 plus years and I have no idea how a district court federal judge can do a nationwide injunction. That's not the way the system is supposed to work. Basically a federal judge's rulings are applicable in that particular district. If it's a circuit court, then in that circuit. Only when the SCT rules, is the ruling applicable to all districts and circuits. I don't know how a federal district court has jurisdiction to issue rulings that are binding in other districts.
And that exposes a weakness in our big-picture model of governance. So many times recently, I’ve been aghast that one person can affect the basics of our lives. Like the judges in Texas who have the power to ban abortion medication for the whole country, or yank away preventive medical care from the Affordable Care Act. It feels undemocratic.
I've been an attorney for 35 plus years and I have no idea how a district court federal judge can do a nationwide injunction. That's not the way the system is supposed to work. Basically a federal judge's rulings are applicable in that particular district. If it's a circuit court, then in that circuit. Only when the SCT rules, is the ruling applicable to all districts and circuits. I don't know how a federal district court has jurisdiction to issue rulings that are binding in other districts.