Set our "Wayback Machine" to the date of July 2024 when...
ReutersBy Brendan PiersonJuly 3, 2024A U.S. judge on Wednesday blocked the Biden administration from enforcing a new rule against discrimination on the basis of gender identity in healthcare while he hears a lawsuit challenging it by 15 Republican-led states.The rule was finalized in May, opens new tab by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and was set to take effect on Friday. It states that a federal prohibition on sex discrimination, part of the Affordable Care Act health insurance law, extends to discrimination against transgender people.States opposing the new rule had said in their lawsuit that it would require their Medicaid programs covering low-income residents to pay for treatments like hormones and surgeries for transgender people, including for minors. Many Republican states have passed laws banning such treatments, often called gender-affirming care, for minors.
Now lets jump to this month...
AP NewsBy LEA SKENEFebruary 13, 2025A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s recent executive order aimed at restricting gender-affirming health care for transgender people under age 19.The judge’s ruling came after a lawsuit was filed earlier this month on behalf of families with transgender or nonbinary children who allege their health care has already been compromised. A national group for family of LGBTQ+ people and a doctors organization are also plaintiffs in the court challenge, one of many lawsuits opposing a slew of executive orders Trump has issued as he seeks to reverse the policies of former President Joe Biden.Judge Brendan Hurson, who was nominated by Biden, granted the plaintiffs’ request for a temporary restraining order following a hearing in federal court in Baltimore. The restraining order, which lasts 14 days but could be extended, essentially puts Trump’s directive on hold while the case proceeds.That means medical institutions can’t have their federal funding pulled because they provide gender-affirming care services.
The Republicans last year were giving "Hi fives" for the court ruling last year but now,
Trump lashes out against "activists and highly political judges."ABC NewsByAllison Pecorin and Emily ChangFebruary 11, 2025Following Vice President JD Vance’s comments Sunday arguing that “judges aren't allowed to control the executive's legitimate power,” some Republican lawmakers have pushed back and reiterated the power of the courts.As President Donald Trump continues to try to remake the federal government through a flood of executive orders, the number of legal challenges to his efforts have piled up, with federal courts across the country siding with plaintiffs to pause his plans as judges sort out the legality of his actions.On Tuesday, Trump lashed out on his Truth Social platform against “certain activists and highly political judges” who he says want to “slow down” or stop his administration’s efforts to investigate "FRAUD, WASTE, AND ABUSE.”
I thinks that they talk out of both sides of their mouths!
Notice how when court cases go their way they praise the judge but when the ruling doesn't go their way it is "Activist" judges! And the Republicans even condemned the same judge that they praised earlier!
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