Trump admin moves to dissolve court order blocking end to Planned Parenthood funding

The Trump administration on Friday filed to dissolve a federal judge's order blocking the provision of the "One Big, Beautiful Bill Act" that defunded Planned Parenthood.

U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani, this week, issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) to block the portion of the legislation that barred Medicaid from funding procedures at Planned Parenthood clinics.

"Enjoining an Act of Congress signed by the President of the United States is among the most serious and consequential exercises of the judicial power," the Trump administration argued. "It must be exercised with caution and restraint, as the separation of powers counsels against one branch of government effectively seizing for itself the powers of the other two branches. Yet here, without even awaiting a response from the Government, the Court exercised that power through an extraordinary, highly unusual temporary restraining order (TRO), preventing the enforcement of duly enacted legislation approved by Congress and signed by the President barely a week ago."

"The Court should dissolve that order immediately, before the preliminary-injunction hearing scheduled for July 18, 2025," it asserted.

The move marks the latest in an ongoing struggle between the Trump administration and the federal judiciary over its increasing use of nationwide injunctions to block the president's policies.

Though the Supreme Court issued a scathing rebuke of the practice and narrowed injunctions to the parties of the cases, at least one judge has sought to work around the ruling by granting sweeping class-action status to hypothetical parties.