Senator warns of 'unconstitutional' judicial overreach ahead of SCOTUS showdown | 5 May 2025 | Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, told Fox News Digital this week that he remains confident there will be a sunset to the trend of nationwide injunctions by federal judges whose rulings reverberate far beyond their judicial districts. "Universal injunctions are an unconstitutional abuse of judicial power," Grassley, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, told Fox News Digital. "Just this past week, a D.C. district judge issued a universal injunction blocking the president's executive order requiring voter ID or proof-of-citizenship prior to voting in national elections." That ruling ignores the idea that "judges are not policymakers," he said. "Allowing them to assume this role is very dangerous." With the Supreme Court primed to hear a case on May 15 regarding nationwide injunctions on President Donald Trump's order reinterpreting birthright citizenship, Grassley noted the high bench "could and should take action."