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Judge Blocks Kennedy Jr.’s Health Directive, HHS Enforcement Halted

4/24/2026

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Judge Mustafa Kasubhai vacated Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s December 18 directive and barred the Department of Health and Human Services from enforcing it.
He called the directive an unlawful overreach that harmed children and violated the rule of law.
Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown and Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield hailed the ruling as a victory for state authority over medical decisions.

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Judge Mustafa Kasubhai vacated Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s December 18 directive and barred the Department of Health and Human Services from enforcing it.
He called the directive an unlawful overreach that harmed children and violated the rule of law.
Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown and Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield hailed the ruling as a victory for state authority over medical decisions.