With one Democrat absence and one Democrat defection, full Republican attendance could have blocked the confirmation of Embry Kidd to the Eleventh Circuit, even though Democrats still hold the Senate for another two months.
A three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit ruled that Florida showed a strong likelihood it would succeed on the merits and that the state’s ban on underage ‘sex changes’ was motivated by legitimate concerns about children’s health.
‘Its wrong to mutilate minors,’ Ron DeSantis declared at press conference yesterday, noting that Judge Robert Hinkle’s decision striking down Florida’s ban on ‘gender transitions’ for minors will likely be reversed on appeal.
A full hearing on the constitutionality of Alabama's Vulnerable Child Compassion and Protection Act is scheduled for August of this year. The ruling reverses a preliminary injunction against the enforcement of the law.
‘This is a huge victory for counselors and their clients to choose the counsel of their choice and be free of political censorship from government ideologues,’ Liberty Counsel chairman Mat Staver declared.