Since President Donald Trump took office in January, federal judges -- especially those appointed by Democratic presidents -- have worked overtime to stop Trump in his tracks.

According to Fox News, after national outcry over the seemingly endless power that federal judges have as far as temporarily quashing Trump and his administration's policies, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) is set on changing that. 

The outlet reported that Hawley is working on a bill that would limit the ability of federal judges to issue nationwide injunctions and stop them from "provoking a crisis."

Hawley went even further, saying during a recent Fox News interview that he doesn't buy the idea that judges even have that level of power according to the U.S. Constitution.

What's going on?

One of the most annoying and consistent roadblocks for the Trump administration has been the neverending supply of nationwide injunctions ordered by federal judges, which as sparked massive backlash.

Hawley, in his bill, aims to eliminate the federal judiciary's ability to do that, adding that he doesn't believe they have the power to do so.

"I don't think these judges have the authority to do that under the Constitution anyway, but they're trying to and this legislation would make sure they can't do it."

These rogue judges don’t have the authority under the Constitution to knee-cap President Trump's agenda the way they are

Local district court judges can't bind a whole nation

We need to say NO to nationwide injunctions by district courts pic.twitter.com/DLl5QedFNU

— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) March 25, 2025

The situation with federal judges exercising their ability to issue the nationwide injunctions against Trump is statistically abnormal and downright bad.

Fox News noted:

The number of such orders levied against Trump so far this term exponentially outweighs the number his predecessors saw.

The courts have hit him with roughly 15 wide-ranging orders since he took office in January, more than former Presidents George W. Bush, Barack Obama and Joe Biden received during their entire tenures.

Social media reacts

Plenty of social media users reacted to Hawley's bill proposal and agreed that federal judges should not be able to make such rulings.

"Nationwide injunctions by single district judges are judicial overreach, plain and simple. The Constitution never gave unelected activists in black robes veto power over executive authority—especially when it comes to securing borders, cutting bureaucratic bloat, or unleashing energy dominance," one X user wrote.

Another X user wrote, "I agree with this. The democrats have taken judge-shopping to abusive levels so now it has to be stopped so no one can do it."

Only time will tell if Hawley's bill passes. Hopefully, for America, it does.