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Judges turn to extreme remedy to block Trump administration
(CNN) — As the Trump administration seeks to obliterate Obama-era policies, progressive lawyers are racing to court asking for an extreme form of relief, urging judges to reach deep into their judicial tool kits and issue national — even global — injunctions.
Such injunctions are a relatively new phenomenon, and some legal scholars worry they are bad for the country and bad for courts.
The experts say the extreme remedy squelches the benefit of having multiple judges consider a question and gives lawyers an incentive to “judge shop” their cases to judges they believe will rule in their favor.
Court battles are raging across the…