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Jun 18, 2025 Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee boycotted a Republican hearing on President Biden's mental fitness Tier 1 · Primary Institutions and Governance
The boycott underscored partisan breakdown in congressional oversight and the use of hearings as political theater rather than shared fact-finding.
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- Democrats boycott Senate hearing on Biden's mental decline — On June 18, 2025, Democrats largely boycotted a Republican-led Senate hearing titled "Unfit to Serve: How the Biden Cover-Up Endangered America and Undermined the Constitution," which focused on allegations of
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Jun 18, 2025 The Supreme Court upheld Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for minors Tier 1 · Primary Institutions and Governance
The ruling narrowed constitutional protection claims in a major rights dispute and set a national judicial marker for similar state laws.
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- Supreme Court upholds Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for minors — On June 18, 2025, the U.S.
- Supreme Court Upholds Tennessee Transgender Care Ban — The Supreme Court upheld a Tennessee law banning gender-affirming care for trans youth, affecting similar laws in over 20 states.
- Supreme Court releases opinion in United States v. Skrmetti (23-477) — The Supreme Court released an official slip opinion in United States v.
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Jun 17, 2025 Judge Julia Kobick blocked passport restrictions on transgender and intersex applicants Tier 1 · Primary Institutions and Governance
The injunction limited executive control over identity documents and affirmed judicial review of rights-affecting administrative rules.
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- Federal judge rules trans people can update gender markers on passports — A federal judge in Boston, Julia Kobick, issued a preliminary injunction allowing transgender and intersex individuals to update their gender markers on U.S.
- Preliminary injunction ruling — Orr v. Trump (D. Mass.) 1:25-cv-10313 — Judge Kobick granted the class certification and preliminary injunction.
- Federal Judge Blocks Passport ID Ban — A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from prohibiting trans or nonbinary individuals from using an "X" gender marker on passports.
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