美国第一法律组织副主席抨击“无根据的企图，将联邦法院塞满，作为各州针对政府的诉讼策略”
作者：亚历克·舍梅尔（Alec Schemmel）
福克斯新闻
发布时间：2026年2月10日 美国东部时间上午10:57
福克斯新闻独家首发：保守派法律诉讼组织美国第一法律（AFL）在15个由民主党领导的州和宾夕法尼亚州州长Josh Shapiro（民主党）起诉阻止特朗普总统禁止未成年人变性手术的行政令后，一直在提出文件请求，试图查明他们在诉讼中声称的危害是否真的存在。
福克斯新闻数字版上月曾报道，AFL向各州卫生部门提出的十多项文件请求要么被忽视，要么未包含任何记录所声称的民主党州诉讼中警告的、源于总统行政令的危害的回应文件。
AFL称，其中一个忽视其文件请求的州——康涅狄格州——随后确实向他们提供了回应文件。然而，根据AFL的说法，康涅狄格州卫生部门提供的文件继续证明，民主党多州诉讼中援引的危害并不存在。
“我没有看到任何对卫生与公众服务部（HSS）资金或与该行政令相关的联邦拨款的影响，”这封电子邮件来自康涅狄格州公共卫生部提供给AFL的大约三份记录中的一份，还有最后一页完全被编辑。
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2026年1月13日，华盛顿最高法院审理一起涉及跨性别运动员的案件时，抗议者在法院外挥舞彩虹旗。（Julia Demaree Nikhinson/美联社照片）
这封电子邮件来自康涅狄格州公共卫生部卫生统计与监测部门主管Elizabeth Frugale，回复了拨款管理和预算主管Aaron Knight的询问，即特朗普总统关于变性手术的行政令是否“对你们的任何联邦拨款产生不利影响”。
Frugale的回应与针对总统变性手术行政令的诉讼中的指控形成对比，该诉讼称该指令“立即”危及联邦资金并扰乱公共卫生系统。
“如果康涅狄格州没有受到行政令的经济影响，它本应拒绝加入诉讼，”美国第一法律副主席Dan Epstein说。“无理由地挑战第14187号行政令——该令确保不使用纳税人的钱对儿童进行化学和手术 mutilation（ mutilation此处原文为“mutilation”，根据上下文应为“伤害”或“残害”，但中文新闻报道中可能采用“手术伤害”表述）——迫使法院裁决政治不满，而非实际争议。AFL将继续揭露无根据的企图，将联邦法院塞满，作为各州针对政府的诉讼策略的一部分。”
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回应AFL文件请求的第三份记录只是一份员工通知，要求人们审查暂停特朗普针对未成年人变性手术行政令的临时限制令（TRO）。
在特朗普关于变性手术的行政令出台几个月后，全国范围内发布了一项初步禁令，暂停该行政令。
2022年3月6日，明尼苏达州民众在州议会大厦举行集会，支持全国的跨性别儿童。（Michael Siluk/UCG/环球图片集团 via盖蒂图片社）
当被问及原告如何证明一项已被法院暂停的政策措施造成的危害时，Epstein表示，本案中的原告仍然必须证明其“诉讼资格”，法院才能提供补救措施。他指出，仅仅因为原告提前提起诉讼并不意味着这一责任就消失了。
“因为诉讼资格是任何联邦法院提供补救措施的必要条件，原告必须在其投诉中提出具体的危害证据，”Epstein断言。“在这里，原告的投诉未能证明与联邦行动相关的实际、可追踪的损失，除了仅仅是关于危害的推测性指控或笼统的担忧。提前提起诉讼并不会消除建立诉讼资格的这一要求。”
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AFL向诉讼中列出的各州卫生部门提出的文件请求于8月1日提交，寻求一系列记录。其中包括显示各州确实经历了他们在诉讼中声称的危害的文件，例如对提供者的起诉或处罚证据、诊所关闭、服务减少以及变性青少年的医疗或心理健康危机增加。
该组织还要求提供显示咨询、危机干预或住院等服务成本上升、身心健康结果恶化或各州无法履行向州监管下的未成年人提供医疗护理的法律义务的记录。AFL还要求提供任何具体提及行政令及其所谓影响的内部沟通。
因特朗普总统一项涉及变性未成年人的行政令而被指控“造成危害”的民主党领导的各州，正在被要求证明他们的指控。（盖蒂图片社）
迄今为止，只有四个州——马萨诸塞州、伊利诺伊州、内华达州和康涅狄格州——提供了某种形式的回应。此外，收到的回应表明，没有与AFL请求相关的回应文件，尽管他们要求提供与针对特朗普行政令的多州诉讼所指称的具体内容相关的文件。
特朗普的第14187号行政令还因被指控存在歧视而面临诉讼，该诉讼由纽约州总检察长Letitia James领导，针对卫生与公众服务部。
福克斯新闻数字版就AFL的指控向康涅狄格州总检察长办公室和州公共卫生部提出了询问，但未及时收到回应以用于发布。
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6388772625112
Unearthed docs undercut Dem warnings of harm from Trump executive order blocking trans surgery for minors
VP of America First Legal slams ‘unfounded attempts to clog the federal courts as part of state lawfare against the Administration’
By Alec Schemmel
Fox News
Published February 10, 2026 10:57am EST
FIRST ON FOX: Conservative lawfare group America First Legal (AFL) has been filing records requests after 15 Democratic-led states and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, D, sued to block President Donald Trump’s executive order banning sex changes for minors, in an attempt to find out whether the harm being alleged in their lawsuit is actually happening.
Fox News Digital reported last month on how AFL’s more than a dozen records requests to state departments of health were either ignored, or did not include any responsive records documenting the harms the Democratic states’ lawsuit warns stem from the president’s executive order.
One of the states that AFL said ignored its records requests, Connecticut, did subsequently return to them with responsive records. However, according to AFL, the documents provided by Connecticut’s health department continue to lend evidence that the harm being cited in Democrats’ multi-state lawsuit is nonexistent.
“I don’t see any impact to HSS funding or federal grants related to this executive order,” said an email that was among what appeared to be three records that the Connecticut Department of Public Health provided to AFL, plus an additional final page that was entirely redacted.
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Protesters wave pride flags outside the Supreme Court as it hears arguments on a case involving transgender athletes, Jan. 13, 2026, in Washington.(Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP Photo)
The email came from Elizabeth Frugale, a section chief for health statistics and surveillance at the Connecticut public health department, in response to a question from a grants management and budget supervisor, Aaron Knight, inquiring whether President Trump’s executive order on transgender surgeries “adversely impacts any of your Federal grants.”
Frugale’s response stands in contrast to claims in the lawsuit against the president’s executive order on sex changes, which argued the directive had “immediately” jeopardized federal funding and disrupted public health systems.
“If Connecticut was not financially impacted by the Executive Order, it should have declined to join a lawsuit,” said Dan Epstein, vice president of America First Legal. “To challenge, without cause, Executive Order 14187’s assurance that taxpayer dollars are not used for chemical and surgical mutilation of children, forces the courts to adjudicate political grievances, not actual disputes. AFL will continue to expose unfounded attempts to clog the federal courts as part of state lawfare against the Administration.”
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The third record given in response to AFL’s records request was just an employee notice asking folks to review a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) halting Trump’s executive directive on trans surgeries for minors.
A nationwide preliminary injunction halting Trump’s executive order on transgender surgeries was issued just a few months after it came down.
Minnesotans hold a rally at the Capitol on March 6, 2022, to support transgender kids around the country.(Michael Siluk/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
When asked how plaintiffs could show proof of harm for a policy measure that has been halted by the courts, Epstein said the plaintiffs in the case still must show “standing” for a court to provide a remedy. He noted that just because the plaintiffs filed their suit early does not mean this responsibility disappears.
“Because standing is necessary for any federal court to provide a remedy, plaintiffs must plead concrete evidence of harm in their complaint,” Epstein asserted. “Here, plaintiffs’ complaint failed to show an actual, traceable loss tied to the federal action, beyond merely speculative claims of harm or generalized concerns. Filing suit early does not eliminate this requirement to establish standing.”
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AFL’s records requests to all the health departments belonging to states listed in the lawsuit, which was filed on Aug. 1, sought an array of records. Among them were documents showing the states had actually experienced the harms they claimed in their lawsuit, such as evidence of prosecutions or penalties for providers, clinic closures, reduced services and increased medical or mental-health crises for transgender adolescents.
The group also asked for records showing higher costs for services like counseling, crisis intervention or hospitalizations, worsened mental and physical health outcomes or the states’ inability to meet legal obligations to provide medical care for minors in state custody. AFL asked for any internal communications specifically referencing the executive order and its alleged effects as well.
Democrat-led states that are suing over alleged “harm” caused by one of President Trump’s executive orders tied to transgender minors are being pressed for proof of their claims.(Getty Images)
Only four states — Massachusetts, Illinois, Nevada and Connecticut — have provided any sort of response thus far. Furthermore, the responses that did arrive indicated there were no responsive records relating to AFL’s requests, even though they asked for documents pertaining to precisely what the multi-state lawsuit against Trump’s executive order alleges.
Trump’s Executive Order 14187 is also being challenged for alleged discrimination in a lawsuit against the Health and Human Services Department led by New York Attorney General Letitia James.
Fox News Digital reached out with questions to the Connecticut Attorney General’s Office and the state’s public health department in response to AFL’s allegations, but did not receive a response in time for publication.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6388772625112
