Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich said on Fox Business Tuesday that he’s concerned about district judges shaping national policy, especially when they overrule decisions made by President Donald Trump.
During an appearance on “Kudlow,” Gingrich described this as a pivotal moment in U.S. history.
“There are already more of these [rulings] coming down the road than the Supreme Court has ever heard in a single term. I would hope that the Supreme Court Chief Justice [John Roberts] would intervene, indicate that there’s something clearly wrong here and that they’re going to follow a procedure so that the executive branch is not being dictated to by random individual district judges,” Gingrich told host Larry Kudlow.
Gingrich said the pattern of interference by district judges creates a constitutional crisis.
“You have, I think, the fifth large change after Jefferson, Jackson, Lincoln and FDR. And this is underway. And, of course, the old order is going to fight it every way it can,” Gingrich said. “And one of their last strongholds are these left-wing judges. And we have to make clear that that is illegitimate.”
Gingrich said that these “left-wing judges” are undermining the executive branch.
“You cannot have individual, random district judges who get up in the morning and say, ‘I think I’ll play president tonight, today.’ And some of their rulings are crazy,” Gingrich said.
Gingrich, a former speaker of the House, said he’s disappointed with a recent statement by Roberts.
“He put out a press release about 10 days ago lecturing President Trump and saying there’s an appeals process. That’s nonsense. If you are involved with crime, with violence, with national security, you can’t have some judge make rendered an injunction,” Gingrich said. “And then, six weeks, eight weeks, nine weeks from now, maybe it’ll get taken up.” (Read more:The Daily Caller, 4/1/2025) (Archive)
Gingrich also appeared before the House Judiciary Committee hearing today to talk about judicial overreach in lower federal courts where they are blocking President Trump’s actions.