{"id":2499473,"date":"2025-10-16T06:05:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T10:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shutdown-delays-major-rulings-in-cases-against-trump-admin\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T06:08:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T10:08:52","slug":"shutdown-delays-major-rulings-in-cases-against-trump-admin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shutdown-delays-major-rulings-in-cases-against-trump-admin\/","title":{"rendered":"Shutdown delays major rulings in cases against Trump admin"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Fshutdown-delays-major-rulings-in-cases-against-trump-admin%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=2499473&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 government shutdown is causing delays in important legal rulings involving key policy disputes between Democratic-led states like California and the Trump management. Notably, the Justice Department requested temporary pauses in several lawsuits, including a challenge by California and other states against federal restrictions on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/god-loves-me-10-year-old-trans-child-quotes-bible-to-tell-tx-legislators-why-they-shouldnt-ban-trans-surgeries-procedures-for-minors\/\" title=\"\u2018God Loves Me\u2019: 10-Year-Old Trans Child Quotes Bible To Tell TX Legislators Why They Shouldn\u2019t Ban Trans Surgeries, Procedures For Minors\">gender-affirming care<\/a> for transgender and nonbinary youth. The DOJ cited that many federal attorneys are furloughed and unable to work during the shutdown,leading judges to grant these pauses.<\/p>\n<p>While some essential federal employees continue working without pay, many legal cases are being delayed, potentially prolonging disputes involving public health and education funding. California&#8217;s Attorney General Rob Bonta and other states argue that the administration&#8217;s policies, such as defunding gender-affirming care and Planned Parenthood, create an atmosphere of fear and threaten access to critical healthcare.<\/p>\n<p>Some lawsuits have proceeded despite DOJ requests for pauses, especially when delays could result in irreparable harm. California has intensified its legal challenges against the Trump administration, filing dozens of cases that claim the administration&#8217;s actions are unconstitutional or violate federal law. the shutdown is exacerbating delays in these high-profile cases, potentially hindering timely resolutions on major policy and funding issues.  <\/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\">Shutdown delays major rulings in cases against Trump administration<\/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\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2374015\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The federal government <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/government-shutdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">shutdown<\/a> is holding up rulings in some of the nation&rsquo;s most significant policy disputes between Democratic-led states like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/california\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">California <\/a>and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Trump administration<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Just days before the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-justice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Justice Department<\/a> was supposed to file its response to a lawsuit by California <a href=\"https:\/\/oag.ca.gov\/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Attorney General Rob Bonta<\/a> and 14 other states challenging the government&rsquo;s restrictions&nbsp;on gender-affirming care for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/transgender\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">transgender<\/a> and nonbinary youth, it asked a federal judge to halt the proceedings temporarily.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3852781\/fetterman-defends-trump-supporters-not-fascists\/\">Fetterman defends Trump supporters: &lsquo;They are not fascists&rsquo;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3852717\/transportation-department-california-trucker-language-standards\/\">DOT to withhold over $40M from California for failing to enforce trucker language standards<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3852634\/israel-receives-remains-two-more-hostages\/\">Israel receives remains of two more hostages<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Sept. 23, 2024. (AP Photo\/Damian Dovarganes, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>They argued that the shutdown prevented lawyers from working on the case.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Department of Justice attorneys and employees of the federal defendants are prohibited from working, even on a voluntary basis, except in very limited circumstances, including &lsquo;emergencies involving the safety of human life or the protection of property,&rsquo;&rdquo; the&nbsp;DOJ wrote in its Oct. 1 filing.&nbsp;Oct. 1 was the first day of the shutdown.<\/p>\n<p>The judge presiding over the case agreed and granted the request.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Some federal employees, including air traffic controllers, have stayed on the job, working without pay, while thousands of others have been furloughed. The DOJ has not said which of its attorneys have been sidelined by the shutdown, but noted that several have. Federal cases can take years to resolve, but an extended shutdown could exacerbate delays, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >leaving key public health matters<\/a> in limbo.<\/p>\n<p>Bonta argued that Trump&rsquo;s order to pull federal funding from medical institutions that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-bill-seeks-to-provide-abortions-trans-treatment-in-states-where-its-banned-with-new-bill-protecting-doctors\/\" title=\"... Bill Seeks To ... Abortions, Trans Treatment In ... Where It\u2019s Banned With New Bill Protecting Doctors\">provide gender-affirming care<\/a> for transgender and nonbinary youth could have devastating effects.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The result is an atmosphere of fear and intimidation experienced by transgender individuals, their families and caregivers, and the medical professionals who seek only to provide necessary, lawful care to their patients,&rdquo; Bonta, along with the other attorneys general, wrote in the suit.<\/p>\n<p>The same day the Justice Department was granted a pause in the transgender care case, DOJ attorneys were granted another pause in a case where California, Massachusetts, and other states challenged the mass firings at the Department of Education.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Department lawyers again argued that department funding had been suspended during the shutdown, and they were not sure when Congress would restore it.&nbsp;In a district court in California, the DOJ asked for another pause in a lawsuit that it brought against the state, challenging California&rsquo;s refusal to hand over its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-255000-excess-votes-for-biden-in-key-2020-states\/\" title=\"Report: 255,000 Excess Votes for Biden in Key 2020 ...\">voter registration rolls<\/a>. The government has filed similar motions in Minnesota in a case contesting state education funding for illegal immigrants and one in Rhode Island over funding for victims of domestic violence.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While court-ordered pauses don&rsquo;t usually create immediate emergencies, a prolonged shutdown could pressure some litigants &mdash; especially those relying on federal funding &mdash; to settle.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The federal courts are heavily overloaded as it is, so the judges are not going to have any difficulty finding other things to do with their time,&rdquo; David Super, a law professor at Georgetown University, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/10\/01\/us\/politics\/federal-courts-slowing-shutdown.html#:~:text=The%20court%20slowdown%20does%20not,for%20victims%20of%20domestic%20violence.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told<\/a> the&nbsp;<em>New York Times<\/em>. &ldquo;But at some point, having issues tied up in litigation indefinitely is going to slow everything down.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Bonta and other attorneys general have selectively opposed the Justice Department&rsquo;s requests to pause cases, generally allowing those that work in their states&rsquo; favor to proceed.<\/p>\n<p>They recently challenged a request to pause a case in which California and several other states sued to block the administration&rsquo;s move to defund Planned Parenthood. The government once again cited a lack of staff during the shutdown as the reason for the delay. But Bonta noted that the Department of Health and Human Services had continued efforts to cut funding despite the shutdown, arguing that residents faced an imminent risk of losing access to healthcare.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The risks of irreparable harms are especially high because it is unclear how long the lapse in appropriations will continue, meaning relief may not be available for months at which point numerous health centers will likely be forced to close due to a lack of funds,&rdquo; the states argued.<\/p>\n<p>On Oct. 8, U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani denied the government&rsquo;s request for a pause.  <\/p>\n<p>California has filed more than 40 lawsuits against the&nbsp;Trump administration that have ranged from&nbsp;seeking&nbsp;to restore $168 billion in federal funding to birthright citizenship.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3303528\/federal-judge-temporarily-halts-trump-federal-aid-freeze\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">JUDGE HALTS TRUMP&rsquo;S FEDERAL WORKER LAYOFFS DURING GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Almost all of the lawsuits are filed in concert with dozens of other Democratic-led states and argue that the president and his administration&rsquo;s actions are unconstitutional and exceed the powers permitted under law. Some lawsuits argue the administration bypassed required procedures when altering policies, violating the Administrative Procedure Act. In multiple instances, courts have ruled in favor of the states and ordered compliance.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of his second term, California earmarked tens of millions to fight Trump and started preparing legal briefs before he took office as the 47th president. The state has since nearly doubled the rate of lawsuits compared with his first term, filing 41 cases by the start of the government shutdown.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/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>Shutdown stalls key rulings in Trump-era legal battles<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2646,"featured_media":2499474,"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\/2024\/09\/AP24110596605124.webp?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[46206,50190,56132,5123,32640],"class_list":["post-2499473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-court-cases","tag-legal-delays","tag-major-rulings","tag-shutdown","tag-trump-administration"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/AP24110596605124.webp?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2499473","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\/2646"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2499473"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2499473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2499477,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2499473\/revisions\/2499477"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2499474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2499473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2499473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2499473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}