Over the past two months, four separate federal judges in D.C. have sided decisively with each of the law firms that sued the Trump administration to block White House executive orders against them. In the latest ruling, U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan on Friday permanently blocked an executive order against Susman Godfrey.
My colleague Mike Scarcellareported on highlights from the rulings, which said President Trump illegally restricted the firms' business in retaliation for cases they took or attorneys they hired. The White House has called the orders a legitimate exercise of presidential authority. The DOJ today appealed the ruling that blocked Trump's order against Perkins Coie.
The U.S. Supreme Courtthrew out judicial decisions today that favored transgender people in cases from North Carolina, West Virginia, Idaho and Oklahoma, including in legal challenges to state health insurance programs that deny coverage for patients seeking gender-affirming medical treatment.
The court separately agreed to hear a Republican-led challenge on free speech grounds to a provision of federal campaign finance law that limits spending by political parties in coordination with candidates running for office, in a case involving Vice President JD Vance.
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