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The 19 Democratic Attorney General, after sueing to prevent reforms, stepped into a biden-judge-ex-judge on Tuesday to prevent the efforts of the Trump administration to dramatically reorganize the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
HHS announced in March that it would close about 20,000 full -time agency employees, while reducing the number of regional offices across the country and strengthening several HHS divisions. A fact sheet by HHS about cuts said that the purpose of reforms was to make the agency more efficient, saving money and ensuring the most important health requirements of Americans is sufficiently met.
In response, the 19 Democratic State Attorney General filed a lawsuit to block the reforms of the Trump administration. On Tuesday, US District Judge Melissa Dabos gave a temporary prohibition in her favor.
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US Health and Human Services Department, its leader, Secretary Robert F. With Kennedy Junior. (Mark Wilson; Andrew Harnik)
The decision of Dabos on Tuesday prevents the Trump administration from implementing its proposed workforce decrease or sub-agency restructuring, and HHS was also ordered to file a status report by 11 July.
In response to the verdict, HHS spokesperson Andrew Nixon said, “We stand with our original decision to regain this organization with our original mission and redefine a huge bureaucracy, which over time, became useless, disabled and resistant to change.”
“Reorganization was designed to restore the department around bold, average public health goals, such as to reverse the chronic disease epidemic and pursue American leadership in biomedical research. While we strongly disagree with the decision of a biden-appointed District Court Judge, HHS is committed to modernizing a health task, which is a very long time to modern.”
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Nixon said HHS is reviewing the decision and considering the next stages.
US District Court Judge Melissa Dabos ordered that Secretary Robert F. The Department of Health and Human Services, led by Kennedy Junior, will have to prevent its efforts to dramatically improve the country’s public health agency. (Getty image; istock)
Last month, the Supreme Court limited the use of nationwide prohibition to prevent the executive functions of President Donald Trump.
However, the ruling did not close the door on legal challenges for Trump’s executive orders.
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In Dabos’s decision on Tuesday, he asked both sides to find out how this decision affects the scope of his order, if in all, until July 11.
President Donald Trump has given an executive order during a ceremony in Washington, DC on 8 April 2025 in the eastern room of the White House. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Image)
19 State Attorney General Latitia James said, “HHS is the backbone of our country’s public health and social security nets – cancer tests and maternal health to childhood education and prevention of domestic violence,” One of the Attorney General of 19 State, which suies to prevent the lack of trump administration in HHS.
“Today’s order guarantees these programs and services and will prevent the administration’s effort to vandalize our country’s healthcare system. My office will continue to fight to prevent this illegal disintegration and protect the essential services that protect our weakest communities.”
Since the Trump administration began its restructuring in HHS, some employees were allowed to go.
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During a CBS news interview in April, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Junior said, in some examples, personnel were cut off which should not have been.
“We are restoring them. And it was always a plan. A part of Dogi, we talked about it from the beginning, are we going to cut 80%, but 20% of them are going to restore those people, because we will make mistakes,” Kennedy said in April.
