"The courts remain an important backstop," one of the women's lawyers tells Law Dork. Both lawsuits are backed by two LGBTQ legal organizations.
There are now multiple lawsuits challenging provisions in President Donald Trump’s anti-transgender January 20 executive order defining “sex” that would force transgender women in prison to be housed in men’s facilities and result in the loss of transgender-related medical care.
The first of those, filed in federal court in Massachusetts, resulted in an order late on January 26 prohibiting the Bureau of Prisons from transferring Maria Moe (a pseudonym) from the women’s facility where she has been to a men’s facility, according to Moe’s lawyers. The case was fully sealed at that point, however, with nothing available on the public docket.
“The courts remain an important backstop,” Jennifer Levi, one of the woman’s lawyers, told Law Dork. “This is a great first step in the case.”
You are not logged in. However you can subscribe from another Fediverse account, for example Lemmy or Mastodon. To do this, paste the following into the search field of your instance: !politics@beehaw.org
In-depth political discussion from around the world; if it’s a political happening, you can post it here.
Guidelines for submissions:
Where possible, post the original source of information.
If there is a paywall, you can use alternative sources or provide an archive.today, 12ft.io, etc. link in the body.
Do not editorialize titles. Preserve the original title when possible; edits for clarity are fine.
Do not post ragebait or shock stories. These will be removed.
Do not post tabloid or blogspam stories. These will be removed.
Social media should be a source of last resort.
These guidelines will be enforced on a know-it-when-I-see-it basis.
