A federal judge on Friday barred the Trump administration from enforcing an anti-transgender executive order against organizations that receive funding via the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).

In January, the 45th and 47th president issued Executive Order 14168 , entitled "Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government." Under the terms of the order, Trump directed agencies to "end" the federal funding of, and "ensure grant funds do not promote gender ideology."

In a 45-page memorandum opinion , U.S. District Judge William E. Smith, a George W. Bush appointee, thoroughly rubbished the NEA over its efforts to effectuate and enforce the executive order.

"[T]he public interest is not on the government's side when it uses a prog

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