{"id":2411297,"date":"2025-03-08T07:23:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-08T12:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-doj-reverses-course-on-biden-doj-cases\/"},"modified":"2025-03-08T07:26:11","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T12:26:11","slug":"trump-doj-reverses-course-on-biden-doj-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-doj-reverses-course-on-biden-doj-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump DOJ reverses course on Biden DOJ cases"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-doj-reverses-course-on-biden-doj-cases%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2411297&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article \u2064discusses the actions taken by the Trump administration&#8217;s Department of Justice (DOJ) under Attorney General Pam Bondi to reverse key legal positions established during the Biden administration. Within two months\u2062 of taking office, the Trump DOJ targeted significant Biden-era\u200b initiatives, including anti-abortion measures, policies related to transgender rights, and immigration control.<\/p>\n<p>In abortion-related cases, the Trump DOJ dropped a lawsuit initiated by the Biden administration against Idaho&#8217;s strict abortion\u2064 ban, allowing the state\u200c to enforce its law. This\u200b decision indicates a potential shift in how federal courts might handle abortion regulations in \u200bthe U.S.\u200b The DOJ has\u200d also dismissed charges against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/americans-remember-the-48th-annual-march-for-life\/\" title=\"Americans remember the 48th annual March for ...\">anti-abortion activists<\/a> who violated federal laws regarding clinic access.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding immigration,the Trump DOJ sought to pause court proceedings against Texas for implementing floating barriers in the Rio Grande to curb illegal migration,effectively undermining the Biden administration&#8217;s legal challenge.<\/p>\n<p>On transgender issues, the Trump DOJ altered its stance on a Tennessee law banning gender-affirming treatments for minors, diverging from the Biden administration&#8217;s\u200d position which \u2062claimed the law\u200b violated the Equal Protection \u200dClause of the 14th Amendment. The supreme Court is expected to address this case, which \u200dcould influence similar \u2062legal matters nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>the article highlights the Trump administration&#8217;s swift legal maneuvers to promote conservative policies and dismantle Biden&#8217;s judicial legacy.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">DOJ makes early plays to reverse Biden-era legal activity<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tpd-featured-video\">\n<div id=\"Brid_21235\" class=\"brid\" style=\"width:1280;height:720;\"> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>President Donald Trump&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/justice-department\">Dep<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/justice-department\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">a<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/justice-department\">rtment of Justice<\/a> has taken to the courts to halt cases and reverse positions that center on key pillars of the Biden administration&rsquo;s agenda.<\/p>\n<p>Less than two months into the new administration, the Trump DOJ, now led by Attorney General <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pam-bondi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Pam Bondi\">Pam Bondi<\/a>, has made significant moves in court that advance anti-abortion initiatives, reversed a position on transgenderism championed by left-wing activists, and made strides to tighten border control.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3341517\/missouri-24-billion-judgment-china-covid\/\">Missouri wins $24 billion judgment against China for &#8216;unleashing COVID-19 on the world&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3341504\/judge-doge-save-records-transparency-lawsuit\/\">Judge directs DOGE to save records amid transparency lawsuit<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3341296\/justice-department-investigating-high-egg-prices\/\">Justice Department preliminarily investigating high egg prices<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>While Trump has also signed more executive orders in his first 100 days in office than any president, many of those are facing legal scrutiny and roping the DOJ&rsquo;s Federal Programs Bench into defending Trump in dozens of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-denounces-kicking-out-unvaccinated-troops\/\" title=\"DeSantis Denounces Kicking Out Unvaccinated Troops\">high-profile lawsuits<\/a>. The Trump department&rsquo;s proactive actions interjecting in Biden-era court cases mark a different avenue down which Trump has been able to push conservative priorities.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Abortion<\/h2>\n<p>The Trump DOJ notified a court in Idaho this week that it was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3337017\/trump-doj-abandon-biden-backed-bid-idaho-emergency-abortions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"dropping a lawsuit\">dropping a lawsuit<\/a> brought by the Biden administration that challenged the state&rsquo;s near-total abortion ban.<\/p>\n<p>The notice came after the Biden DOJ sued Idaho in August 2022, saying the state&rsquo;s ban conflicted with the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, a federal law that requires hospitals to provide essential care to anyone who needs it.<\/p>\n<p>Idaho&rsquo;s abortion ban carves out exceptions for rape and incest and in cases where the mother&rsquo;s life is at risk. The Biden administration argued that the last exception was too narrow and improperly worked as a deterrent to doctors.<\/p>\n<p>The case made its way to the Supreme Court, but the high court <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3040793\/supreme-court-allows-for-emergency-abortions-in-idaho\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">declined<\/a> to weigh in on the merits of it and instead sent it back to the lower courts to reexamine. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments on the case at the end of last year, but a decision was still pending when Trump took office.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump DOJ&rsquo;s dismissal paves the way for Idaho to enforce its ban fully, and, according to Jake Warner, senior counsel at Alliance Defending Freedom, it sets a tone for abortion cases nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s good news for states all around the country that their pro-life laws will be protected from federal overreach and misinterpreting EMTALA to require emergency room abortions,&rdquo; Warner told the <em>Washington Examiner.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>He said the Trump DOJ&rsquo;s move &ldquo;signals that the administration is interpreting EMTALA correctly to allow states to fully protect unborn life except when necessary to protect the mother&rsquo;s life.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Despite Trump remaining relatively quiet about abortion restrictions on the campaign trail to the chagrin of anti-abortion advocates, his administration has taken other steps, beyond the Idaho case, to further their causes.<\/p>\n<p>On a smaller scale, the Trump administration changed the DOJ&rsquo;s position on the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, which prohibits blocking entry to or intimidation toward abortion clinics, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-civil-rights-division-poised-to-fight-woke-agenda-under-trump-administration-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"... civil rights division poised to fight \u2018woke agenda\u2019 under ... ... - Washington Examiner\">anti-abortion pregnancy counseling centers<\/a>, and churches. The Biden administration aggressively <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2573000\/abortion-opponents-see-sharp-rise-in-face-act-charges-under-biden-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">targeted<\/a> anti-abortion activists who breached the law.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump DOJ dismissed three of those pending cases in January against activists who were accused of using their bodies, locks, and chains to obstruct entrances to abortion clinics. Several of the activists were repeat offenders who have openly signaled they will continue to cause disruptions at abortion facilities, which they often describe as &ldquo;rescue&rdquo; missions to save the unborn.<\/p>\n<p>DOJ chief of staff Chad Mizelle <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3300232\/doj-lawyers-directed-toss-out-charges-against-several-anti-abortion-activists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">said<\/a> in a memo that such cases could be handled at the state level and that the Biden administration&rsquo;s heavy-handed applications of the FACE Act were the &ldquo;prototypical example&rdquo; of the weaponization of government authority.<\/p>\n<p>Roger Severino, a Heritage Foundation vice president who worked as an attorney in the Civil Rights Division during the Obama administration, told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that the DOJ&rsquo;s recent turn &ldquo;from attacking and jailing people who protect the unborn to pardoning and defending them&rdquo; is &ldquo;really an answer to a prayer.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Severino is now urging the DOJ to restore what he said were &ldquo;chemical abortion safeguards for women&rdquo; from Trump&rsquo;s first administration.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Immigration<\/h2>\n<p>The Trump DOJ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.courtlistener.com\/docket\/67630985\/266\/united-states-v-abbott\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">requested<\/a> in February that a judge pause court proceedings in a case against Texas over massive lines of buoys the state installed in the Rio Grande in response to surges of illegal migration.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden DOJ brought the lawsuit against Texas in 2023, arguing the bright orange floating barriers violated the Rivers and Harbors Act.<\/p>\n<p>While a lower court initially sided with the Biden administration, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the decision, allowing the state to keep its buoys and directing further proceedings at the district court level. The Trump DOJ&rsquo;s decision to pause proceedings all but signals the imminent death of the case.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">employed numerous executive branch agencies<\/a> to retool their priorities to focus on border control and deportations, so its decision not to move forward with challenging the Texas barriers came as expected.<\/p>\n<p>Bolstered by a friendly administration and perhaps in anticipation of the lawsuit&rsquo;s termination, Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qwyOw7SD5Qc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">revealed<\/a> days after Trump took office that his state was installing more buoys.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Transgender matters<\/h2>\n<p>The Trump DOJ notified the Supreme Court that it changed its position in <em>United States v. Skrmetti<\/em>, a case before the high court involving a Tennessee bill that bans transgender medical treatments for minors.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden DOJ petitioned the high court to weigh in on the case in 2023, arguing Tennessee&rsquo;s law violates the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment. The Trump DOJ now says it does not.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The government&rsquo;s previously stated views no longer represent the United States&rsquo; position,&rdquo; Trump&rsquo;s deputy solicitor general wrote in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/DocketPDF\/23\/23-477\/342223\/20250207133625781_Letter%2023-477.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">letter<\/a> to the high court on Feb. 7.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3337017\/trump-doj-abandon-biden-backed-bid-idaho-emergency-abortions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">TRUMP DOJ ABANDONS BIDEN-BACKED BID TO MANDATE IDAHO EMERGENCY ABORTIONS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Still, the Trump administration asked that the high court continue with the case because it will &ldquo;bear on many cases pending in the lower courts.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>A decision is expected by the summer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_21235\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"playlist\":\"21235\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DOJ acts swiftly to overturn Biden-era legal actions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":2411298,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/AP25036594576964.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[3620,7076,32207,11257,3634],"class_list":["post-2411297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-biden","tag-doj","tag-legal-cases","tag-reversal","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/AP25036594576964.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2411297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2411297"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2411297\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2411301,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2411297\/revisions\/2411301"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2411298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2411297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2411297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2411297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}