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The fight over DOJ's invasive trans care subpoenas is coming to a head
Three court appearances next week could represent the most critical moment in the past year for DOJ's effort to target the provision of medical care for…
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Trump and Hegseth's anti-trans military policy is based on unconstitutional animus, D.C. Circuit rules
The court's split ruling would protect current trans service members from discharge but allow the Trump admin to keep new trans recruits from joining…
Jun 2
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DOJ's fight against trans medical care in prison is a fight to erase trans people in the law
"The pendulum has swung," DOJ's Jared Littman said in a court hearing Wednesday, arguing that all transgender people — at all ages — can be denied…
May 27
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SPLC seeks dismissal of charges, citing Trump admin's "vindictive motive to punish the SPLC"
The motion highlights other cases either dismissed by courts or by the Trump administration itself in the wake of other vindictive prosecution claims.
May 27
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DOJ has escalated its attack on trans care for minors. Where could it be headed next?
As Rhode Island Hospital begins turning over documents to a far-right judge in Texas, a number of grand jury subpoenas have been issued and DOJ settled…
May 20
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After a string of losses in its anti-trans project, DOJ turns to grand jury subpoenas in Texas
At least seven judges have blocked invasive administrative subpoenas targeting gender-affirming care for minors, so DOJ appears to be trying a new…
May 13
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Rhode Island's Child Advocate sues to block DOJ subpoena on Rhode Island Hospital
A federal judge in Texas ordered the hospital to turn over information about gender-affirming care provided to minors by May 14. Another in Rhode Island…
May 4
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The Fifth Circuit would like to run the United States
The far-right federal appeals court and the district court judges below them are taking actions to control and influence what happens outside of…
May 4
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Three rulings in the past week show the scope and breadth of efforts to fight anti-trans attacks
A Montana Supreme Court decision protecting birth certificates, a ruling on Trump's anti-trans prison policies, and final judgment vacating RFK Jr.'s…
Apr 21
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Pam Bondi is out — and that is a good thing. She was Trump's lawyer, and DOJ paid the price.
Also: Florida will not kill James Duckett this week. And: What's next for conversion therapy bans after Tuesday's SCOTUS decision? Lastly: Law Dork in…
Apr 3
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Supreme Court holds that Colorado's conversion therapy ban "censors" talk therapists
Justice Gorsuch wrote for the 8-1 court that the law is presumptively unconstitutional as to talk therapy. Justice Jackson dissented, writing that the…
Mar 31
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Trans West Virginians ask full appeals court to revisit alarming ruling in Medicaid coverage case
"Left to stand, the panel’s reasoning could amount to judicially-endorsed regulation of transgender people’s liberty to be themselves," lawyers for the…
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