Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee used a congressional hearing Tuesday to air grievances about district court rulings against the Trump administration, as Democrats argued judges are simply doing their job.

The joint subcommittee hearing was among the latest Republican pushback to district judges who have ruled against the Trump administration, at times using nationwide injunctions to temporarily pause or slow executive branch actions.

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, used his opening remarks to list off a string of cases in which courts ruled against the Trump administration.

In one example, Cruz referenced an order from a Rhode Island district court that blocked Trump administration agencies from freezing funds awarded through two high-profile laws enacted during the Biden administ

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