U.S. Judge Julia Kobick blocked the State Department's requirement that passports reflect the biological sex of the passport bearer, the Daily Caller reported. Kobick is an appointee of then-President Joe Biden and maintains close ties to the Democratic Party.
The State Department implemented the policy that President Donald Trump introduced on his first day in office, stating that the U.S. recognizes only two genders. "Under the executive order, we will no longer issue U.S. passports or Consular Reports of Birth Abroad (CRBAs) with an X marker," the State Department's website said.
"We will only issue passports with an M or F sex marker that match the customer’s biological sex at birth," it added. Applicants for U.S. passports are currently allowed to have their sex listed as "X" instead of male or female.
The new rule would require individuals obtaining new passports, renewing old ones, or changing their name or gender to have their correct biological sex recorded on the official document. However, Kobick's ruling Tuesday puts a temporary hold on Trump's rollback of gender nonsense.
It comes as no shock that this judge has deep and cozy ties with Democrats. It was a well-known fact that Kobick volunteered for Democratic heavy hitters, such as John Kerry's 2004 failed presidential bid and Sen. Elizabeth Warren's 2020 presidential campaign.
The judge volunteered for her local Democrats, including in the state senate campaign for Eric Lesser in 2014 and the congressional candidacy of Chris Pappas in 2018. She also personally donated to Warren and other candidates, including Hillary Clinton.
Kobick contributed to the leftist fundraising group ActBlue, with contributions to Democrats totaling $1,202.92. The judge clerked for Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a hero of the Democratic Party and the feminist left.
She served as assistant attorney general under Massachusetts Democratic Gov. Maura Healey, who was previously the Attorney General. In 2022, Biden announced Kobick's nomination and touted her as one of several diverse candidates because she's a woman.
"I cultivate relationships with the fellows and interns, and I served for a year on the Government Bureau’s Racial Equity Working Group," Kobick disclosed to the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees. Predictably, she has espoused radical leftist ideals from the bench.
Before this idiotic take, Kobick has had others that were similarly ridiculous. "She argued before the Supreme Court claiming the 2nd Amendment didn't apply to stun guns because they did not exist when the Amendment was written," a user on X, formerly Twitter, charged in a post with a screenshot of Kobick's recent ruling.
Julia Kobick, Biden appointed, is a former elementary school teacher. She clerked for RBG and was deputy attorney general for MA. She argued before the Supreme Court claiming the 2nd Amendment didn't apply to stun guns because they did not exist when the Amendment was written!😂 pic.twitter.com/jrCpeFRtlB
— Lauren G 🇺🇸 (@lbc360) June 17, 2025
According to Fox News, Kobick was deputy solicitor general when she "supported the conviction of a Massachusetts woman in 2016 for owning a stun gun that she used to defend herself against her violent ex-boyfriend." The Supreme Court dismissed the case against the woman, Jaime Caetano, calling it "frivolous."
Justice Samuel Alito supported Caetano's use of the weapon in his concurring opinion. "Caetano’s encounter with her violent ex-boyfriend illustrates the connection between those fundamental rights: By arming herself, Caetano was able to protect against a physical threat that restraining orders had proved useless to prevent," Alito wrote.
There should be no question about whether a person should list his or her biological sex on a document used for identification. Unfortunately, there are leftists like Kobick who are trying to subvert the natural order of things for political reasons, and it's shameful.
