Summary
On February 16, 2025, Washington state Judge Lauren King issued a preliminary injunction blocking President Trump’s January 28 executive order that restricts transgender care for minors.
The judge ruled the order unconstitutional for overstepping presidential authority under separation of powers and violating the Equal Protection Clause.
The injunction follows lawsuits by Democratic attorneys general from Washington, Oregon, and Minnesota and temporary blocks in Baltimore.
A president has immunity, but people implementing everyday life tend to follow court orders if they contradict presidential decrees.
If they consult a lawyer, nearly every lawyer will advise to follow court orders. If they don’t, a court can order other authorities to enforce its decision with force, fines or jail time. Lay people don’t have diplomatic immunity.
Now if cops won’t enforce court orders, then yes… then I hope you’re all stocked up on batteries, brushless motors and flight controller stacks. But I hope that won’t happen.
So? He can just pardon them?
To my understanding, you cannot pardon someone whom a court fines or detains to force their compliance with their ruling in another case.
(It would be better if a lawyer answered that.)