<p dir="ltr">DOCKET ALERTS:</p> <p dir="ltr">The Supreme Court <a href= "https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25a1207_21p3.pdf">stayed</a> a lower court decision out of Texas banning doctors from dispensing the abortion drug mifepristone. </p> <p dir="ltr">The Colorado Supreme Court <a href= "https://www.coloradojudicial.gov/system/files/opinions-2026-05/26SA66.pdf"> barred</a> Children's Hospital from cutting gender-affirming care, calling it a denial of treatment on the basis of sex and gender identity.</p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">The DOJ is <a href= "https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73338949/united-states-v-fox/?order_by=desc"> suing</a> the DC Bar to stop it disciplining upstanding government lawyers like Ed Martin and Jeff Clark. The case has been assigned to Judge Richard Leon!!!</p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">Elon Musk lost his lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI.</p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">MAIN SHOW:</p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">The DOJ's effort to harass trans kids and their medical providers is escalating into a judicial crisis as Judge Reed O'Connor in the Northern District of Texas purports to <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txnd.419013/gov.uscourts.txnd.419013.26.0.pdf"> bar</a> Rhode Island Hospital from seeking redress in any other court or from "aiding and abetting" anyone else in seeking redress. Meanwhile in Rhode Island, Judge Mary McElroy <a href= "https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.rid.62049/gov.uscourts.rid.62049.44.0.pdf"> says</a> the Hospital does not have to comply.</p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">Trump <a href= "https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1441086/dl">purports</a> to "settle" his lawsuit against the IRS over the 2020 disclosure of his tax returns by establishing a $1.8 billion slush fund for the "victims of weaponization" of the DOJ under Biden. Is that legal? (<a href= "https://www.justice.gov/file/151086/dl?inline">No</a>.)</p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">Danco Labs v. Louisiana [US Supreme Court - mifepristone]</p> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25a1207_21p3.pdf">https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25a1207_21p3.pdf</a></p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">Boe v. Children's Hospital Colorado [Colorado Supreme Court - gender affirming care]</p> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "https://www.coloradojudicial.gov/system/files/opinions-2026-05/26SA66.pdf"> https://www.coloradojudicial.gov/system/files/opinions-2026-05/26SA66.pdf</a></p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">US v. Fox [DOJ sues DC Bar]</p> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73338949/united-states-v-fox/?order_by=desc"> https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73338949/united-states-v-fox/?order_by=desc</a></p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">In Re: Administrative Subpoena 25-1431-032 [Texas action]</p> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73276712/in-re-administrative-subpoena-25-1431-032/"> https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73276712/in-re-administrative-subpoena-25-1431-032/</a></p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">In Re: Motion to Quash Administrative Subpoena to Rhode Island Hospital [Rhode Island action]</p> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73290254/in-re-motion-to-quash-administrative-subpoena-to-rhode-island-hospital/"> https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73290254/in-re-motion-to-quash-administrative-subpoena-to-rhode-island-hospital/</a></p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">Trump v. IRS [docket via CourtListener]</p> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72207870/trump-v-internal-revenue-service/"> https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72207870/trump-v-internal-revenue-service/</a></p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">DOJ Notice of Settlement - administration of "Anti-Weaponization Fund"</p> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1441086/dl">https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1441086/dl</a></p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">OLC Memorandum, "Availability of Judgement Fund in Cases Not Involving a Money Judgment Claim"</p> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "https://www.justice.gov/file/151086/dl?inline">https://www.justice.gov/file/151086/dl?inline</a></p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">Show Links:</p> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "https://www.lawandchaospod.com/">https://www.lawandchaospod.com/</a></p> <p dir="ltr">BlueSky: @LawAndChaosPod</p> <p>Threads: @LawAndChaosPod Twitter: @LawAndChaosPod</p>