A bold legislative proposal, the “Restoring Constitutional Mandate for Congress to Set Rules for the Federal Courts Act,” seeks to rein in what its author warns is an existential crisis – a “judicial coup” targeting President Donald Trump and the American people.
Drafted by Jonathon Moseley, a 24-year legal veteran and founder of the Patriot Legal Defense Fund, the bill aims to rescind the Rules Enabling Act. The Constitution empowers Congress to set the rules for the Federal courts.
But Congress generously trusted the U.S. Supreme Court with this honor and prestige. The bill includes a rebuke of U.S. Supreme Court Justices who have abused their constitutional role.
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On May 12, Chief Justice John Roberts – who never criticizes misconduct by judges, politicized lawfare, or abuses against conservatives – issued his third attack on President Trump.
Roberts has not seemed to grasp that respect is earned, not demanded. But when judges like Roberts criticize only one side of the political world, they lose all credibility.
Roberts made similar veiled threats against the Trump Administration in Buffalo on May 7, the week before.
The previous week Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson added to a seemingly-coordinated drum beat.
On May 8, Justice Sonia Sotomayor basically rallied the nation’s lawyers to fight an insurrection against Republican officials, speaking at the American Bar Association.
Moseley argues that judges should never be speaking outside the courthouse to maintain the public trust.
“The ABA has sued Trump over federal grant terminations,” yet Sotomayor was speaking to a litigant in an active lawsuit.
Active members of the ABA are already the most left-wing and activist lawyers compared to most attorneys just working for clients.
Jackson openly urged lawyers to fight the Trump Administration, with very few coy, thinly-veiled allusions.
“The judiciary has really turned into fighting a war against Donald Trump and what he stands for, and we cannot allow this to go unanswered,” Moseley told The Gateway Pundit in an exclusive interview.
“Their plan: if they can stop the President, they can stop all of us. We used to be able to trust the Supreme Court to correct abuses, but the Supreme Court has gone woke.”
Moseley adds that the Justices have misunderstood “Supreme” and let that word go to their heads. “Justice Amy Comey Barrett now seems to be getting her legal briefings and scorn for Trump from MSNBC.”
The proposed measure argues that the current system has enabled lower courts to undermine justice. “Congress cannot change the existence of the Supreme Court because it’s in the Constitution,” he said.
But the bill would rescind the Rules Enabling Act (28 U.S.C. §§ 2071–2077), which delegated Congress’s constitutional power to the Supreme Court to establish how lower federal courts operate.
The proposed measure argues that the current system has enabled lower courts to undermine justice, particularly in politically charged cases involving Trump and his supporters.
The bill asserts that trusting the Supreme Court has led to “disappointment and widespread injustice,” including:
Nationwide injunctions by cherry-picked single, biased lower court judges.
“Deadlines… which have become in and of themselves unjust and harmful to many seeking their legal rights in court” such as 14 days to challenge a conviction under Rules 29 and 33.
“Resistance to changes of venue necessary to give the public confidence in the appearance and the reality of an unbiased judge and juries.”
“Illogical, inconsistent, and unconvincing admission of evidence….”
“Whenever there was evidence that a January 6 defendant was innocent, that was not allowed; whenever there was evidence that the defendant was guilty, that was allowed,” Moseley explained. By reforming court rules, the bill seeks to prevent such injustices, ensuring fair trials for all citizens.
Action Required to Protect Trump and Americans
Recent Supreme Court actions ordered Trump to “facilitate the return of illegal immigrants”—a mandate he deems “impossible” and a pretext for holding Trump in contempt, jailing Trump officials.
“The Supreme Court is basically one step away from holding Trump in contempt over something it’s impossible to implement,” Moseley warned, by redefining “facilitate” as “guarantee.”
Supporters are urged to demand that their Republican Members of Congress rally behind the bill to restore constitutional checks and balances, curb judicial overreach, and protect the rule of law.
Moseley, who has spent four years aiding political prisoners including through the Patriot Legal Defense, hopes it will send a message: “There is no judicial independence mentioned in the Constitution, but a requirement of ‘good behavior.’”
Call to Action
Moseley has sent the proposal to over a dozen members of Congress, including “the usual suspects” like Rep. Jim Jordan (whom he identifies as leading “the Slumber Party”) but laments their inaction: “They’re all talk, no action.”
To amplify the bill’s reach, a petition is being created. But the Capitol switchboard at (202) 225-3121 can reach the reader’s Senators and Congressman. Readers can find their elected officials at “Who Represents me?” (click on the little house symbol to reach their direct website).
“Send the link to the bill to any Republican you can think of,” Moseley said. “Let’s see if we can shame them into doing something. If these judges can stop Trump, they can stampede over all of us.”
State of Emergency
Moseley cites judges like James Boasberg in the D.C. District Court, whose rulings often lean radically left, or clueless, and appellate courts that assume trial judges are correct, rendering appeals futile.
“Why is Boasberg doing this? Because that’s what the rules are set up for,” he said. “They won’t give a change of venue to a non-biased place, because the rules are all bad.
“Why bother having appeals courts if judges in courts of appeal just gonna assume that the trial judge got it right?”
“People should care that Trump is under attack because they understand that everything is on the line.
The Patriot Legal Defense
Founded by Moseley, Patriot’s Legal Defense has spent four years defending January 6 defendants and others facing politically motivated prosecutions, such as a father whose child was taken for gender-affirming surgery against his wishes.
Despite challenges in fundraising, the group remains committed to systemic reform.
The Patriot Legal Defense is currently seeking nonprofit status and asking for public support of $5,500 in donations to cover legal infrastructure, nonprofit registration and mass mailings to Congress.
If anyone wants to see more such efforts, please consider a donation for operations to: GiveSendGo.com/PLDF.
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