The No Rogue Rulings Act (H.R. 1526)

 

Letter from the NEA

VOTE NO on bill

to constrain courts

The No Rogue Rulings Act (H.R. 1526) would sharply limit the ability of federal district courts to impose nationwide injunctions.

Submitted on: April 1, 2025

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U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20515

Dear Representative:

On behalf of our 3 million members and the 50 million students they serve, we urge you to VOTE NO on H.R. 1526, the No Rogue Rulings Act (NORRA). Votes on this issue may be included in NEA’s report card for the 119th Congress.

NORRA would sharply limit the ability of federal district courts to issue nationwide injunctions that halt, at least temporarily, unlawful and unconstitutional actions taken by the federal government while allowing litigation to proceed. When those actions could hurt people nationwide, courts must issue timely rulings to protect people nationwide. That is their job.

By its nature, NORRA threatens the checks and balances that are the cornerstone of our constitutional system. Limiting the ability of federal courts to identify and pause unconstitutional and unlawful actions with nationwide ramifications threatens our democracy and the rule of law itself.

The larger context in which NORRA is being introduced must be considered as well. In response to decisions with which they disagree, officials at the highest level of the Trump administration have attacked federal judges, railed against their authority, threatened impeachment, and openly defied court orders.

For all these reasons, we urge you to oppose NORRA.

Sincerely,

Marc Egan
Director of Government Relations
National Education Association

https://www.nea.org/advocating-for-change/action-center/letters-testimony/vote-no-bill-constrain-courts 

The Test is Coming

 

Published in
Apr 7, 2025

The National Security Leaders Notebook

Patrick M. (Mike) Condray, Colonel, USAF (Ret)

This test is coming — and soon.

Within weeks — likely just after the April 20, 2025, deadline for a report on the use of the Insurrection Act — our active duty military will face a nearly impossible choice: uphold their oath to support and defend the Constitution or obey the orders of the President of the United States.

The Oath of Enlistment (USAF version):

“I [state your full name], do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God (optional).”

But what happens when the President of the United States acts — directly or indirectly — to overthrow the Constitution? What does the oath demand then?

One potential safeguard is embedded in military law itself: regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice, which explicitly prohibit carrying out unlawful orders. “Just following orders” was no defense at the Nuremberg trials — and that precedent matters.

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That is precisely why President Trump recently purged the ranks of senior military leadership. He removed the Judge Advocate Generals, the military lawyers whose job it is to advise on the legality of orders. These firings were not incidental; they were intentional, and they were a warning.

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The buffer is gone.

President Trump has directed his new Secretary of Defense to produce a report on whether it is “appropriate” to invoke the Insurrection Act to use the U.S. military against immigrants or demonstrators. That report is due April 20. Does anyone seriously doubt what Pete Hegseth will tell the President?

I fear for our service members. And I weep for what is about to happen to our Republic.

Make no mistake: President Trump will invoke the Insurrection Act. He will attempt to use the United States military against his perceived enemies.

Read it all at:

https://medium.com/the-national-security-leaders-notebook/the-test-is-coming-883493cd3e6b 

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