WASHINGTON (TNND) — Tempers flared on Capitol Hill Tuesday as lawmakers discussed nationwide injunctions. During a Senate committee hearing, Republicans argued that one judge should not have the power to derail President Trump's policies, but Democrats pushed back.

"Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Cory Booker (D-NJ) were the first to begin arguing. Cruz is directly taking aim at Democrats over the rise in threats made to federal judges. "Angry mobs were outside the Supreme Court justices' homes, and in the entire course of it, the Biden justice department prosecuted nobody," Cruz said. "That is a patent lie, sir. We were not silent. We took action," Booker responded.

The exchange took place during a Senate Judiciary hearing examining the record number of nationwide injunctions issued by ju

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