J. Joel Alicea, St. Robert Bellarmine Professor of Law and Director of the Center for the Constitution and the Catholic Intellectual Tradition at Catholic Law testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary on Tuesday, June 3, during a public hearing titled "The Supposedly “Least Dangerous Branch”: District Judges v. Trump." Both the Subcommittee on The Constitution and the Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights were present. Professor Alicea's testimony focused on the topic of universal injunctions.

During his testimony Alicea noted, "[F]ederal courts lack the power to grant equitable remedies that extend beyond what is necessary to redress a plaintiff’s alleged harm—precisely what universal injunctions purport to do. The American people never gave judges the power to issue universal injunctions. Judges have seized it for themselves—and only quite recently in our history."

A recording of the hearing featuring Alicea’s testimony can be accessed here, with his remarks beginning around the 1:12:00 mark. Additionally, his written testimony is available for viewing here.