U.S. Judge Julia Kobick issued a preliminary injunction Tuesday against the Trump administration's requirement for passports to reflect the correct biological sex of the individual, Fox News reported. The regulation originated from President Donald Trump's executive order, which declared that only male and female genders exist.
The decision Tuesday put up a roadblock in President Donald Trump's effort to restore sanity to the gender argument. It was one of his campaign promises, and Trump fulfilled it with an Inauguration Day executive order.
The order applied to the entire federal government and instructed agencies to "recognize two sexes, male and female." The order rightly stated that "these sexes are not changeable and are grounded in fundamental and incontrovertible reality."
However, the mainstream media and partisans like Kobick object to such reality. Kobick, who was appointed by then-President Joe Biden, framed her objection in the predictable terms of discrimination and hatred despite biology dictating the fact.
The ruling from Kobick blindsided Trump and other rational conservatives, including the Libs of TikTok account on X, formerly Twitter. "Unreal," the user posted on Tuesday, which applies both literally and colloquially to such a ruling.
BREAKING: Julia Kobick, a Biden-appointed U.S. District Judge, has issued an order BLOCKING the Trump administration's policy requiring that individuals use their biological sex (male or female) on their passport.
UNREAL pic.twitter.com/RNjoZ8Di5A
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) June 17, 2025
In her ruling against the State Department's regulation, Kobrick objected to reality in favor of leftist nonsense. Kobick said she's confident in her decision because the rule is "arbitrary and capricious" and "rooted in irrational prejudice toward transgender Americans."
The judge claimed "transgender and non-binary people who possess passports bearing sex markers that conflict with their gender identity and expression are… significantly more likely to experience psychological distress, suicidality, harassment, discrimination, and violence." Kobrick asserted that "obtaining gender concordant identity documents is part of the standard of care for treating gender dysphoria."
Her reasoning is that people would "experience anxiety and psychological distress or fear for their safety if they were required to travel with passports bearing a sex designation corresponding to their sex assigned at birth, largely because they would effectively ‘out’ themselves every time they presented their passports." This focus on feelings leaves out the impact these policies have on real women.
It's all well and good to worry about how people feel because they are gender confused. However, these policies have far-reaching implications that have a detrimental impact on real women.
Trump's executive order was titled "Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government." He rightly asserted that "efforts to eradicate the biological reality of sex fundamentally attack women by depriving them of their dignity, safety, and well-being."
The president further acknowledged that "the erasure of sex in language and policy has a corrosive impact not just on women but on the validity of the entire American system." Trump's order said that such policies open women-only spaces to men, including domestic abuse shelters, bathrooms, changing rooms, etc., and thus threaten their safety.
"This is wrong … Basing Federal policy on truth is critical to scientific inquiry, public safety, morale, and trust in government itself," Trump's order said.
The judge founded her ruling on feelings instead of facts, and in doing so, neglected women's safety and ignored biology. Kobrick's reversal is a shocking decision, but there is no doubt that Trump and his administration will continue to fight this madness.
