A Two Fer!

We got hit with a Wham Bam, both Trump and the Attorney General are attacking on us. But the courts are saying, wait a minute!

Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow ban on transgender military troops

By Maureen Groppe

USA TODAY

April 24, 2025

The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to let the Defense Department ban transgender people from serving in the military while that policy change is being challenged by transgender servicemembers.

The Justice Department on April 24 said a lower court improperly second-guessed the Pentagon’s assessments of the risks of allowing transgender people to serve rather than given the military the “substantial deference” the Defense Department’s judgements are owed.

No, I don't think that the judge made a mistake... Trump & Company couldn't find any reason for kicking us out of the military except that they hate our guts.

The ban was paused on March 27 by a federal judge in Washington state. A three-judge panel of the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied the administration's request to let it enforce the policy for now.

Now Trump is marching back in court with more of his lies.

“The government’s arguments are not persuasive, and it is not an especially close question on this record,” Settle said.

A federal judge in Washington, D.C., reached a similar conclusion on March 18 in a related challenge by transgender members of the military. U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes' order temporarily blocking enforcement of the policy is on hold while it's being reviewed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

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Judges on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals who held a hearing on the issue on April 22 pushed the administration for evidence to back up their justification of the ban.

So now he is back in the Supreme Court saying that... We don't need any justification other than the president wants them banned!

Jason Manion, a lawyer for the Justice Department, said the government isn’t required to provide such evidence and that courts are supposed to defer to the military on policy questions. But Manion added that President Donald Tump’s policy is basically similar to one from his first term that was upheld by the Supreme Court and is based on a 40-page study featuring expert testimony.

But you know what? Trump & Company have a hard time reading the Constitution, things like the The Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees equal protection under the laws. They 

conveniently forget about those things.

Then we have Attorney General saying this:

Attorney general directs Justice Department employees to enforce policies targeting care for transgender minors

CNN

By Casey Gannon and Evan Perez

April 23, 2025

Attorney General Pam Bondi on Tuesday issued a memo of directives to Justice Department employees to enforce the Trump administration’s policies targeting gender-affirming care for minors, according to a copy of the memo obtained by CNN.

The memo comes after President Donald Trump issued an executive order in January titled, “Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation.” The executive order targets minors that identify as transgender and says that the United States will not “fund, sponsor, promote, assist, or support” minors who are seeking gender-affirming care.

“Pursuant to the President’s directive, I am issuing the following guidance to all Department of Justice employees to enforce rigorous protections and hold accountable those who prey on vulnerable children and their parents,” the memo from Bondi said.

But... but.. There is a court order blocking it! Just a minor little detail that the AG is forgetting! The ACLU writes,

In a victory for transgender youth, their families, and their medical providers, a federal district court today issued a temporary restraining order blocking enforcement of a Trump administration executive order attempting to shut down access nationwide to gender-affirming medical care for transgender people under 19. The temporary restraining order issued by Judge Brendan Hurson can be found here.

Trump's cronies don't like the courts, they are not enforcing trump pogrom against us! The CNN article goes on to say,

Bondi’s memo specifically targets the medical community, saying that it has given families “misleading advice,” when seeking the help of medical professionals for this type of care.

Major mainstream medical associations — including the American Medical Association, the American Psychiatric Association, the Endocrine Society, the American Psychological Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry — have affirmed the practice of gender-affirming care and agree that it’s clinically appropriate care that can provide lifesaving treatment for children and adults.

“The medical community, with its roots in hard science, is well-positioned to serve as a bulwark against this sociological disease,” Bondi’s memo said. “And indeed, parents who are desperate to help their confused, frustrated children have understandably turned to medical professionals for help.”

I have no idea how this will all play out in the Supreme Court... it is a shot in the dark!

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Then Trump got his hand slapped again this time for withhold federal funds...

US judge blocks Trump from withholding funds from 16 'sanctuary' cities, counties

Reuters

By Nate Raymond

April 24, 2025

Summary

• Sixteen cities and counties, led by San Francisco, filed suit
• Judge Orrick also blocked similar Trump order in 2017

 A federal judge in San Francisco on Thursday blocked Donald Trump's administration from withholding federal funding from several so-called sanctuary jurisdictions that have declined to cooperate with the Republican president's hardline immigration crackdown.

U.S. District Judge William Orrick issued the injunction, opens new tab at the request of 16 cities and counties nationally led by San Francisco that in a lawsuit filed in February argued that the administration was unlawfully trying to force local officials to cooperate with federal immigration arrests.

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During his first term as president, Trump in 2017 signed a similar executive order targeting sanctuary jurisdictions. San Francisco sued then too, leading Orrick to block the policy in a ruling that was upheld by the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

If at first you don't succeed blame the courts!

Orrick said a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of Trump's latest executive order was likewise warranted as the local jurisdictions had established that Trump's order likely unconstitutionally imposed conditions on federal funding without congressional authorization and ran afoul of the localities' due process rights.

Of course Trump & Company are blaming activist Biden & Obama judges!

Here is a simple solution to all the courts blocking you... just obey the law!