Federal judge blocks Trump's executive orders on trans youth, gender affirming care
A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from enforcing two executive orders related to transgender healthcare in some states, determining the policy "rewrites the law" and "run[s] around the separation of powers."
The preliminary injunction prevents the enforcement of an executive order related to medical care for transgender youth and another on federal funding to institutions that provide services to transgender people.

"The Court’s holding here is not about the policy goals that President Trump seeks to advance; rather, it is about reaffirming the structural integrity of the Constitution by ensuring that executive action respects congressional authority," U.S. District Judge Lauren King wrote.
Judge King, who was nominated to the bench by President Joe Biden, stopped short of issuing a nationwide injunction, finding that statewide relief would avoid an "overly complex enforcement landscape."





