A federal judge dealt a blow to President Biden's Justice Department, ruling Assistant Secretary for Health and Human Services Dr. Rachel Levine must become a custodian in the DOJ's case against Alabama's sex change ban for minors.
Alabama's attorney general, Steve Marshall, is in the process of defending litigation against an Alabama law that made it a felony, punishable by up to 10 years in prison, to prescribe puberty blockers or hormones to transgender children for a sex change.
The DOJ requested to be a party in a lawsuit against the Alabama law blocking sex changes for minors, making some federal officials subject to discovery.
Discovery is a procedure during litigation in which parties present and request evidence before trial.
The Alabama AG then requested Levine's records, noting the transgender official is one of the primary voices in the federal government and in the Health and Human Services Department who is advocating for sex changes in children.
The Justice Dept. then attempted to block the request, instead offering Levin'e former subordinate for discovery.
However, a court ruled on Nov. 17 that it “finds that Admiral Levine's emails are relevant… Given that Admiral Levine is a public official.”
“I am glad the court granted our motion to require HHS to search Admiral Levine's emails for documents relevant to our defense of Alabama's law,” Alabama Attorney General Marshall told Fox News Digital. “We look forward to reviewing the documents HHS produces as we continue to defend Alabama's children.”
“Levine has been at the forefront of the Biden Administration's reckless promotion of sex-modification procedures for children. There is no doubt about that, nor about the Admiral's close involvement with radical organizations like WPATH whose ‘Standards of Care' mandate the use of sterilizing hormones and surgeries to ‘treat' vulnerable children suffering from gender dysphoria,” he said.
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