RFK Jr. Gets Terrible News in Court on Plan to Upend Health Department

In a week dominated by the Trump budget bill, Democrats can gain some comfort in a legal victory on the health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Doge.

Tuesday, American district judge Melissa Dubose of Rhode Island published a injunction This prevents RFK Jr. from moving on to eliminate crucial agencies and draw 10,000 employees from the Ministry of Health and Social Services. The injunction was on behalf of 19 democratic states which challenged the secretary of the HHS initial The layoffs and its planned restructuring of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration, the Center for Tobacco Products, the office of the Deputy Secretary of Planning and Evaluation, and at the Head Start office. The injunction also prevents the Trump administration from publishing other layoffs in the department.

“Executive power does not have the power to order, organize or implement large changes in the structure and function of the agencies created by the Congress,” wrote Dubose. Its injunction comes just one day before these 10,000 employees were put on. Some have already been rehired.