Trump's 'Big Beautiful' Budget Bill Also Includes This Measure to Kneecap Federal Judges' Power [View all]
Source: MEDIAite
May 27th, 2025, 3:39 pm
House Republicans added a provision to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which has raised eyebrows among political observers and reporters in recent days. While much of the discussion around the sweeping tax and spending bill has focused on how it impacts the deficit, one paragraph has largely gone unnoticed – except by those who follow politics with a magnifying glass.
USA Today columnist Chris Brennan, a former political reporter for The Philadelphia Inquirer, highlighted the alarming paragraph over the weekend. “One paragraph, on pages 562 and 563 of the 1,116-page bill, raised alarms for reasons that have nothing to do with America’s budget or safety-net programs or debt. That paragraph invokes a federal rule for civil court procedures, requiring anyone seeking an injunction or temporary restraining order to block an action by the Trump administration to post a financial bond,” Brennan wrote.
The provision of the bill reads: “No court of the United States may use appropriated funds to enforce a contempt citation for failure to comply with an injunction or temporary restraining order if no security was given when the injunction or order was issued pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65(c), whether issued prior to, on, or subsequent to the date of enactment of this section.”
Brennan went on to explain that the real-world impact of the paragraph buried deep in the middle of the massive bill could mean that Americans without financial means won’t be able to challenge the Trump administration in court – and those who do have the means will have to pay more.
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