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Matt Kacsmaryk shouldn't be a judge
Hat tip, the Duer who was always talking up Chris Geidner.
Matt Kacsmaryk shouldn't be a judge
He doesn't want to be a judge. He wants to run a right-wing advocacy group.
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CHRIS GEIDNER
MAY 18, 2025
U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk — the judge who tried to ban mifepristone nationwide in 2023 — issued a ruling this past week vacating parts of a federal anti-discrimination policy nationwide.
He did so because he doesn’t appear to believe transgender people are real and he believes that he is authorized to rule accordingly. In order to do so, Kacsmaryk all but ignored a key 2020 ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Kacsmaryk, a Trump appointee, represents the anti-queer extremism of this moment, and his May 15 ruling in State of Texas and The Heritage Foundation v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is exactly what you would think Kacsmaryk’s ruling in a case with that name would be.
The EEOC, which is charged by federal law with enforcing Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, issued “Enforcement Guidance” in 2024 setting forth its understanding of the state of the law under Title VII. As Kacsmaryk put it:
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He doesn't want to be a judge. He wants to run a right-wing advocacy group.
{snip}
CHRIS GEIDNER
MAY 18, 2025
U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk — the judge who tried to ban mifepristone nationwide in 2023 — issued a ruling this past week vacating parts of a federal anti-discrimination policy nationwide.
He did so because he doesn’t appear to believe transgender people are real and he believes that he is authorized to rule accordingly. In order to do so, Kacsmaryk all but ignored a key 2020 ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Kacsmaryk, a Trump appointee, represents the anti-queer extremism of this moment, and his May 15 ruling in State of Texas and The Heritage Foundation v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is exactly what you would think Kacsmaryk’s ruling in a case with that name would be.
The EEOC, which is charged by federal law with enforcing Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, issued “Enforcement Guidance” in 2024 setting forth its understanding of the state of the law under Title VII. As Kacsmaryk put it:
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