Biden Priorities Quickly Tripped Up in Courts by Chevron Demise

Biden administration rules prohibiting transgender discrimination in health care and public schools were among the first to run afoul of less deferential judges after a landmark US Supreme Court administrative law ruling.

On July 3, federal district courts in Mississippi, Florida, and Texas all barred the Department of Health and Human Services from enforcing a rule that prohibits health-care discrimination against people based on their sexual orientation or gender identity under the Affordable Care Act. The rule was set to take effect July 5.

All three judges referenced the justices’ opinion in Loper Bright Enters. v. Raimondo. The conservative majority ...