NORRA of 2025

This bill, called the No Rogue Rulings Act, would limit what federal trial judges can do when they issue court orders. It says a judge’s order to stop or require an action (an “injunction”) can only apply to the people or groups actually involved in that specific lawsuit—not to everyone else. In short, no more broad orders that affect people who aren’t part of the case. The bill’s official purpose is to change federal law to cap district courts’ power to issue injunctive relief in this way.

Key points:

• Who is affected: Federal district courts, and people or groups bringing lawsuits in those courts.
• What changes: Judges’ stop-or-do orders would be limited to the parties in the case, not the general public or others not in the lawsuit.
• Why it matters: Court orders would have a narrower reach, affecting only those directly involved in a case rather than setting broad, nationwide effects.