Clement Predicts SCOTUS Will Limit Nationwide Injunctions (2)

The U.S. Supreme Court will likely take on the controversial issue of nationwide injunctions and put “serious limits” on them, former U.S. solicitor general Paul Clement said Wednesday.

The practice has bedeviled both Democratic and Republican administrations in recent years, with states seeking to convince sympathetic judges to halt the most hot-button executive policies in areas ranging from health care to immigration.

“I do think this is an issue that’s going to be sort of squarely addressed by the Supreme Court in the next couple of years,” Clement, a partner at Kirkland & Ellis, told a panel at the ...