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Judge Uses SCOTUS Ruling to Block HHS Trans Rule

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SCOTUS’s rulings are already leading to answered prayers. One judge used the recent overturn of Chevron to stop the HHS’s newest trans ruling.

From Just the News. A federal judge in Mississippi on Wednesday cited a recent Supreme Court ruling when blocking a new Department of Health and Human Services rule …

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The department announced the new rule in May, claiming that the federal law that bans discrimination based on sex in a Affordable Care Act health insurance law also extends to people that are transgender. …

“Plaintiffs have demonstrated a substantial likelihood of success on the merits of their claim that HHS exceeded its statutory authority by applying the Bostock holding to Section 1557’s incorporation of Title IX in its May 2024 Rule,” [U.S. District Judge Louis] Guirola wrote, per CNN.

“HHS acted unreasonably when it relied on Bostock’s analysis in order to conflate the phrase ‘on the basis of sex’ with the phrase ‘on the basis of gender identity,’” he continued. …

Guirola also pointed to the Supreme Court’s ruling last week that overturned the “Chevron Deference” precedent, which previously required courts to defer to federal agencies when they create regulations based on ambiguous laws. …

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(Excerpt from Just the News. Photo Credit: Carol M. Highsmith – Library of Congress)

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