Last night, a federal judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia temporarily blocked President Trump’s Executive Order attempting to forcefully relocate Transgender women prisoners into federal prisons and remove their access to medical care.
Quick background: Trump signed an Executive Order on January 20, 2025 (yes, that was the first day at work for him) attempting to “ensure that males are not detained in women’s prisons or housed in women’s detention centers, including through amendment, as necessary, of Part 115.41 of title 28, Code of Federal Regulations and interpretation guidance regarding the Americans with Disabilities Act.”
There goes reasonable in “reasonable accommodations.”
Additionally, the Executive Order attempts to withhold Federal funds “for any medical, procedure, treatment, or drug for the purpose of conforming an inmate’s appearance to that of the opposite sex.”
YES, this is Unconstitutional. IT IS ALSO BULLYING. Here is the contact info for the Trevor Project if you know anyone in the Transgender community who is struggling.
Transgender prisoners went to Court, seeking a temporary restraining order to block the Executive Order from being enforced. Temporary Restraining Orders (“TROs”, for short) require the movant (in this case, the Transgender prisoners), to show four things: 1) they are likely to succeed on the merits of their claims, 2) they are likely to suffer “irreparable harm” unless the TRO is granted, 3) the balance of equities (fairness) favors the granting of the TRO, and 4) a TRO is in the public interest.
If Trump (or Musk, who infamously has no relationship with his Transgender child due to his horrific Daddy-ing and Human-ing) thought an individual by the name of Royce, appointed by Ronald Reagan, would simply cave to Trump’s blatantly illegal Order, they would be wrong.
Judge Royce Lamberth ruled that the prisoners met their burden of demonstrating that complying with the Order would place them in “significantly elevated risk of physical and sexual violence,” and that denying the prisoners medical care to treat gender dysphoria could risk “numerous and severe symptoms.” Citing a potential for a “parade of harms” (great name for Musk’s future biography, BTW), Judge Lamberth cites risk of invasive searches by male officers, forced showering in the company of male prisoners, misgendering by name or dress, and health risks arising from withholding medical treatment.
In conclusion, Judge Lamberth ruled that the Order likely violated the Constitution. Specifically, the Eighth Amendment. Yes, that’s the one prohibiting cruel and unusual punishment.
Expect to see more judges met with allegations that this Administration, cruel and unusual in itself, is attempting to enact laws to match its soulless agenda.
We applaud Judge Lamberth’s ruling and look forward to watching more federal judges make us proud.
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