Would you agree that from the founding through the 20th century, the federal judiciary consistently understood its powers to be limited to the parties before the court? Yes. And would you agree that The widespread use of universal or nationwide injunctions, especially against presidential actions, is a recent development emerging in the last decade. Yes. That's important history, because what we're seeing now is not normal, and we have over two centuries of history when this didn't happen. It is instead a novel and dangerous concentration of judicial power. (00:38–00:49)
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Asserts that nationwide injunctions against presidential actions are a recent phenomenon from the last decade.
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