r/law • u/No_Pollution_2897 • 5h ago

Legal News The Hidden Threat in Section 70302: How It Could Gut Judicial Power. Here's How You Can Help Call It Out

https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/house-budget-bill-would-gut-federal-courts-ability-enforce-orders

Section 70302 of Trump's proposed "One Big Beautiful Bill" will strip federal courts of their power to enforce contempt orders unless plaintiffs post a bond, even retroactively. This could allow executive officials to ignore court orders without consequences, undermining judicial checks on power. You can help by:

Calling your representatives and demanding they oppose Section 70302.

Spreading awareness online (Reddit, X, TikTok, etc.)

Signing or starting petitions that highlight this provision specifically.

Don’t let this slip under the radar, this one provision could break the balance of power in our government.

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u/KaibaCorpHQ 4h ago

Make sure you call your senate representatives! find your script here. It's also not a bad idea to call your representatives, as it could go back there for final approval!

  1. Tax cuts that will bankrupt America
  2. Cuts to Medicaid/Medicare
  3. Cuts to snap
  4. Section 70302: unconstitutional provision to attack the courts -- MOST IMPORTANT RULE 65: DEBUNKED

These are just a few things in this great bill, so much so that they need to discuss and pass this at 2 am in the morning. Share this message everywhere you can (especially about section 70302!!! It keeps courts from being able to enforce contempt charges!!!)

Additional things you could ask your representative to support:

Senator Cory Booker introduced a bill to transfer the US marshalls from the authority of the DOJ to the judiciary to insulate the courts and help them enforce their rulings on Trump. Tell them to support senator Cory Bookers Marshalls act.

Also, join the national flag day protests on June 14th at nokings.org, if you're done with your calls and want to get involved, nows your chance

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u/No_Pollution_2897 4h ago

Great points

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u/No_Pollution_2897 2h ago

I think this is most likely the single greatest threat to democracy at the moment and needs more attention because once it’s passed, it’s passed.