US District Judge Julia Kovic has denied the Trump administration’s request to ensure that the Trump administration’s anti-transgender, anti-nonbinary passport policy is enforced in light of the Supreme Court’s ruling. USv. Skrmetti.
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Massachusetts-based Covic issued a preliminary injunction against the passport policy in April, saying it could not be enforced against six of the seven people sued while the lawsuit was underway, and in June it granted a class certification to plaintiffs added to the lawsuit, with almost all trans and non-binary Americans seeking new passports or changes.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced in line with Donald Trump’s executive order that the federal government will only recognize the genders of two men and women, and that his department, which will be in charge of passports in January, will no longer issue people with gender markers and will not allow them to renew their passports to change gender markers.
In a June ruling, Covic said the State Department must immediately begin issuing passports, as it was on Jan. 19, before Trump takes office. Under President Joe Biden, the State Department made the X option available to all applicants in 2022 and easily changed gender markers. Covic is Biden’s appointee.
The Justice Department, which represents the federal government, urged Covic to lift the injunction after the Supreme Court ruled in June. USv. Skrmetti The state could ban gender-affirming care of trans youths, and such prohibitions did not amount to illegal discrimination based on gender or gender identity. Six conservative justice also said that the ban should be subject to the lowest level of scrutiny, the lowest level of scrutiny, instead of intermediate or strict scrutiny.
The judge lowered the request on Friday.
“Is it?” Skrmetti Change the court’s conclusion that executive orders and passport policies must be reviewed under interim scrutiny – the issue that the court does not express its opinion – the government has not argued that it has not been argued Skrmetti Or any other changes to the law will interfere with the court’s independent conclusions [preliminary injunction] “It is likely that class members will succeed in claiming that their executive order and passport policies are based on unconstitutional anise against transgender Americans,” she wrote. The dork of law.
The government “does not specify changes to laws or facts.” [preliminary injunction] Class members have arbitrary passport policies and are whimsical; [Administrative Procedure Act]Kovic added.
She further said she would not lift the injunction until appeal. The Justice Department announced Friday evening that it was suing the orders and orders for Friday starting June. The appeal will go to the U.S. Court of Appeals in the First Circuit.
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