‘Blatantly unconstitutional’: Mike Lee takes action to restrain ‘whims’ of judges blocking Trump orders

U.S. Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah

Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, filed a new bill Monday aiming to restrain the district court judges that have been issuing restraining orders blocking President Donald Trump’s agenda.

“America’s government cannot function if the legitimate orders of our commander-in-chief can be overridden at the whim of a single district court judge,” Sen. Lee said in a statement on the bill’s introduction.

Left-leaning activist groups have filed lawsuits blocking Trump’s executive orders and other actions...