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In the Courts: Positive Developments
Federal judge blocks FTC probes into trans medicine groups, citing ‘extensive evidence of animus’. The Trump administration suffered a legal setback after a federal judge blocked the Federal Trade Commission from enforcing investigative demands against two of the nation’s most influential medical organizations involved in transgender health care guidance. Chief Judge James Boasberg said the administration showed “wafer-thin justifications” in targeting both the World Professional Association for Transgender Health and the Endocrine Society.
Federal court invalidates anti-trans directive by Trump administration. A federal judge overturned the Trump administration’s ban on gender-affirming care for children, decrying the directive’s “wanton disregard” for the law that “causes very real harm to very real people.” U.S. District Court Judge Mustafa T. Kasubhai in Oregon formally vacated the December 2025 "Kennedy Declaration,” writing that Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. "lack[s] the authority to unilaterally establish standards of care that supersede professionally recognized standards of care."
Federal judge orders Oregon to house trans women in women’s prisons. U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark D. Clarke ruled that the Oregon Department of Corrections has exposed transgender women to “a high risk of violence and sexual assault” by placing them in men’s prisons, and that the Department of Corrections “systemically failed to appropriately address this exposure.”
Transgender Idahoans sue to block criminal anti-trans bathroom ban. The lawsuit, brought by six transgender Idahoans, challenges HB 752, which imposes criminal penalties for transgender people who “knowingly and willfully” use the restroom or changing room that does not align with their sex assigned at birth. The suit aims to prevent the law from going into effect on July 1st, arguing HB 752 violates the due process and equal protection clauses in the U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment.
Appeals court upholds Minnesota’s policy to continue enforcing trans-inclusive athletics. A group called Female Athletes United (FAU) sued Minnesota over its trans-inclusive athletics policy and asked the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals to issue an injunction blocking the policy. The Court ruled against FAU, allowing Minnesota to continue enforcing its policy of trans inclusion in school sports.
Montana State Supreme Court rules transgender residents have a right to update the gender marker on their IDs and state documents. The Court ruled 5-2 that SB 458, which banned transgender Montanans from updating the gender marker on their IDs and birth certificates, violated the Montana constitution’s guarantee of equal protection and individual dignity.
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