Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chair of the House Judiciary Committee, told Newsmax on Tuesday that he believes Congress has the will to use its constitutional power to prevent what he considers judicial overreach used at the district court level to usurp President Donald Trump’s authority.

Since Trump began his second term Jan. 20, lower court judges reportedly have issued 15 injunctions against his policies. One case involved a temporary injunction by U.S. District Judge James Boasberg in Washington, D.C., against deporting illegal immigrants who are alleged members of the ruthless Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act. Boasberg ordered deportation flights headed to El Salvador to return to the U.S., but the Trump administration ignored that order, which was recently upheld by the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals.

“With the judges situation, we’ve got Darrell Issa’s bill, which would say, ‘For these district judges to issue an injunction, it only applies to the parties in the case in that jurisdiction, doesn’t apply nationwide,'” Jordan told “Rob Schmitt Tonight.” referring to the No Rogue Rulings Act sponsored by Issa, a California Republican, which advanced out of the Judiciary Committee earlier this month.

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