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Sep 8, 2025 Doe (plaintiffs) filed suit challenging DOD's TRICARE policy eliminating gender-transition coverage Tier 1 · Primary Institutions and Governance
The complaint alleges the policy change bypassed required rulemaking procedures, testing administrative-law limits on executive health policy changes.
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- Complaint filed — Doe v. Department of Defense (D. Md. 8:25-cv-02947) — Two minor children and a young adult filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland challenging the Department of Defense's June 11, 2025 revision to the TRICARE policy manual, which eliminated coverage for gender transition medications and therapy for both children and adults. The revision followed President Trump's January 28, 2025 Executive Order 14187. Plaintiffs allege the policy change violated the Administrative Procedure Act by failing to follow required rulemaking procedures and notice requirements, and violated separation of powers. They seek declaratory judgment that the new policy is unlawful and a permanent injunction against enforcement.
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Week 34 – 2025-09-06–2025-09-12
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Sep 6, 2025 Amy Coney Barrett gave a television interview defending the Court's role and the Dobbs ruling Tier 1 · Primary Institutions and Governance
A sitting justice's public commentary, made as the Court weighs revisiting marriage-equality precedent, raised questions about judicial messaging amid politically charged cases.
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- Amy Coney Barrett discusses Supreme Court methodology and same-sex marriage petition in CBS interview — Justice Amy Coney Barrett gave her first television interview since joining the Supreme Court in 2020, promoting her new book "Listening to the Law." She stated that Supreme Court rulings are "not just an opinion poll" and that the court should not impose its own values on Americans. Barrett defended the 2022 abortion ruling as respecting American choice, while the Court faces a petition to overturn the 2015 same-sex marriage decision (Obergefell v. Hodges), which 68% of Americans support according to a May 2025 Gallup poll.
- Amy Coney Barrett publishes memoir defending Dobbs abortion ruling — Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett released her memoir "Listening to the Law," for which she received a $2 million advance. In the book, Barrett defends the June 2022 Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade, arguing the ruling "respected the choice" of the American people by returning abortion regulation to the states. She characterizes abortion as a "complicated moral debate" distinct from other fundamental rights. The memoir was published September 9, 2025, though extracts were released by CNN on September 3.
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