"The riders that were originally a part of the spending package would have banned all federal funding from supporting gender-affirming care at any age, banned colleges and universities from letting trans people participate in sports or other activities, and banned K-12 schools from taking measures to support trans kids, like letting them use the restroom of their gender."
"Who was the judge: Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, a 2017 Trump appointee. He has a long history of extremely conservative rulings, including ruling against the Biden administration's health care protections for LGBTQ+ people; blocking the Biden administration's anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ+ students under Title IX; and declaring that Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act doesn't protect LGBTQ+ people from workplace discrimination. Why it matters: The judge ruled that the First Amendment doesn't protect art if that art doesn't have a clearly stated social message, which, if not overturned by higher courts, puts the freedom of expression in jeopardy."
"The Department of Justice claimed that Lemon wasn't covering the protest but was a part of it, but a magistrate recognized Lemon's First Amendment right to conduct journalism."
The spending package originally included riders that would ban federal funding for gender-affirming care at any age, bar colleges and universities from allowing trans people to participate in sports or other activities, and prevent K-12 schools from taking measures to support trans kids, such as permitting restroom access aligned with gender. Democrats in Congress removed those riders, defending LGBTQ+ equality despite lacking control of the federal government. Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk has issued multiple conservative rulings against LGBTQ+ protections and ruled that the First Amendment may not protect art without a clear social message. A magistrate affirmed Don Lemon's First Amendment right after the DOJ alleged he participated in a protest rather than reporting.
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