Judge partially blocks passport policy

Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump’s passport policy affecting transgender Americans

On Friday, the judge ordered the State Department to issue passports to six of seven transgender and nonbinary plaintiffs while their lawsuit plays out in court. Maine state law still allows for a person to select X as their gender marker or change their sex designation on state IDs like drivers licenses.

Judge partially blocks Trump's passport changes

BOSTON — A federal judge on Friday partially blocked the Trump administration from enacting a policy that bans the use of "X" marker used by many nonbinary people on passports as well as the changing of gender markers.

Judge to weigh Louisiana AG’s challenge to New Orleans jail’s ‘sanctuary’ policy

An incarcerated man uses the telephone at the Orleans Parish Justice Center jail on April 8, 2025. (John Gray / Verite News)NEW ORLEANS – Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill is pushing forward with her efforts to force Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson to drop a longtime policy that generally prohibits deputies from directly engaging in federal immigration enforcement within the city’s jail. In legal filings, Murrill claims the policy — whi…

Judge partially blocks passport policy

BOSTON — A federal judge on Friday partially blocked the Trump administration from enacting a policy that bans the use of "X" marker used by many nonbinary people on passports as well as the changing of gender markers.

The Federal Supreme Court issued a stay-of-implementation order today, Tuesday, to halt the implementation of the amendment to the Passport Law. A source said, according to the official news agency, "The Federal Supreme Court issued a stay-of-implementation order to halt the implementation of the amendment."

A Massachusetts judge appointed by Biden ordered the State Department to provide passports to transgender people using the