Summary
The Republican-led House passed a bill 219–213 to curb federal district judges from issuing nationwide injunctions, a response to judges rulings against Trump-era policies.
The bill restricts relief to affected parties only, not nationwide. Republicans argue liberal judges are blocking Trump’s agenda, while Democrats say courts are striking down illegal orders. GOP lawmakers also seek to limit funding for enforcing broad injunctions.
The bill faces slim chances in the Senate.
The Congressional Research Service reported 17 nationwide injunctions so far in Trump’s second term, compared to 86 in his first.
Wait what the fuck? This will prevent an uncountable amount of citizens from voting. I haven’t even had a name change and from my reading this I myself would need to get some sort of new identification to vote. My state ID does not say anything about citizenship.
An estimated ~70M voters will be disenfranchised by this bill.
After thinking a bit more on this, those of us with our birth name could use the Real ID compliant drivers license and a birth certificate (has to be the official embossed one, not just a photocopy). However that wouldn’t work for women that changed their name. They’d need a passport (or military ID) I think. IANAL