A federal judge has mandated the Department of Health and Human Services, the Food and Drug Administration, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to bring back certain information that had been deleted from their websites after President Trump took office. Judge John D. Bates, appointed by George W. Bush, has approved a “temporary restraining order requested by the group Doctors for America. The group argued that its members relied on the websites for patient care and research purposes.” (Quick tip: If your doctor is scouring HHS, FDA, or CDC websites for medical information, it might be time to find a new doctor.)
Judge Bates highlighted that the ones most affected by the removal of information are everyday Americans, especially those from underprivileged backgrounds, who are seeking healthcare. He stated, “It’s crucial to recognize who is truly impacted by the actions of the defendants: everyday Americans, and particularly, disadvantaged Americans in need of healthcare.” In his ruling, he referenced statements from two doctors involved in the case, explaining that without access to crucial information in a timely manner, there’s a risk that some individuals might not receive essential treatment, even for severe or life-threatening conditions. Therefore, the public interest lies in preventing these significant health risks.
The judge’s order instructs the agencies to reinstate previous versions of their websites by 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday. This decision follows a hearing held by Judge Bates on the matter the day before.
The claims are utterly ludicrous.
“Every day that this goes on, there’s harm to the doctors, the patients and public health,” Shelley said.
Some information scrubbed from the CDC’s “Social Vulnerability Index,” for example, was key to identifying high-risk hot spots during the coronavirus pandemic, Doctors for America said in a court filing. Two FDA websites taken offline were being used to improve clinical studies by tracking efforts to diversify trial participants. Other online resources covered health risks for youths, HIV monitoring and the National Assisted Reproductive Technologies Surveillance System, a database used by fertility experts to track nationwide success rates from procedures such as in-vitro fertilization.
“The agencies’ actions create a dangerous gap in the scientific data available to monitor and respond to disease outbreaks, halt or hamper key health research, and deprive physicians of resources that impact clinical practice,” attorneys for the doctors group at the nonprofit Public Citizen said in court papers.
They argued that CDC and FDA officials violated the Administrative Procedure Act, a law that sets out specific steps for federal agencies that are implementing new policies, and the Paperwork Reduction Act, which requires officials to “ensure that the public has timely and equitable access to the agency’s public information.”
The most bizarre claim is that that Administrative Procedure Act covers agency webpage content. Equally ridiculous is the claim that the Paperwork Reduction Act forbids agencies from taking down webpages.
The judges now actively involved in obstructing the Trump administration’s agenda are sort of reminiscent of three-year-olds who’ve learned a curse word and know it upsets adults, so they run around the living room screaming *%@*!! over and over, to get attention. No one believes serious doctors would stop treating patients if they couldn’t get to the CDC website.
These judges are waging an unprecedented assault on legitimate presidential authority, all the way down to dictating what webpages the government has.
This is absurd. https://t.co/4XJbI4nTDo
— Mike Lee (@SenMikeLee) February 11, 2025
I’ve used this clip several times because, as a political writer, I find it explains so many things. [If you haven’t watched Mr. Inbetween, you owe it to yourself to fix that.]
These judges aren’t responding to the law or to injustice. They are responding to the clapping seals on the left cheering them on. The same group of goobers who sat on their hands for four years and let Biden do whatever the hell he wanted are suddenly managing websites and telling the President he has no authority to determine where the nation’s money is going.
This will not stop until there are, as Ray in the clip says, consequences. I think Mike Johnson should start introducing articles of impeachment for judicial overreach, because an impeachable offense is exactly what the House of Representatives declares it to be. It doesn’t matter it the process removes the judge. Hauling these judges before Congress for a trial, making them pay for legal assistance, putting their decisions under a spotlight, and generally inconveniencing them would make a lot of other judges prome to the same behavior think twice. Remeber the process is the punishment.
I’m not to this point yet.
People are all like “Trump should just ignore the order”, “Do not comply”, well you sound like idiots. The right needs to be better than that. There’s a right and wrong way to beat the left.
Trump should drone strike the judge. https://t.co/51isUqEv1k
— Oilfield Rando (@Oilfield_Rando) February 11, 2025
But I could probably be convinced of the wisdom of that course of action if this bullsh** continues.
