Planned Parenthood Funding TRO Is Absurd; Impeach the Judge

OK, this is totally absurd. 

Over the past few months, the arguments against Trump’s budget decisions have centered on the claim that the president must spend money as Congress dictates in the law. 

In most cases, we all knew that the nationwide orders by District Judges were of questionable legality, but at least there was a fig leaf of legal reasoning to hide the naked power grab by the judges. 

BREAKING: Rogue Boston U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani has blocked a provision in the One Big Beautiful Bill BLOCKING Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, according to Politico.

The Supreme Court ruled last month that states can block Planned Parenthood from… pic.twitter.com/AgEsYi04lW

— RedWave Press (@RedWave_Press) July 7, 2025

No longer. Congress defunded Planned Parenthood fair and square, but in a decision that included no legal reasoning at all, a District Court Judge ruled that she gets to decide where the taxpayers’ money goes.

You can’t argue with the judge’s reasoning, because there isn’t any. Trump enjoined from complying with law passed by Congress because it’s Planned Parenthood. https://t.co/QCW9dzejWW

— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) July 7, 2025

A child could understand the reasoning, because there is none. It is a judicial tantrum–an Obama-appointed judge has decided that Congress must spend billions of dollars because…she says so. Read the TRO yourself and decide if she persuaded you that Planned Parenthood has a case. 

How could we know? It is a bare order without a lick of legal reasoning. 

This is Indira Talwani—an Indian Obama-appointed district judge who just ordered Planned Parenthood funding eliminated in the Big Beautiful Bill be restored.

Indira thinks she is above the Supreme Court, Congress, and the Executive Branch.

The Supreme Court put an end to the… pic.twitter.com/ZItKxjWXnA

— Bad Hombre (@joma_gc) July 7, 2025

Unless, of course, there is a newly-discovered “Planned Parenthood” funding provision in the Constitution. There could be, for all I know. Ketanji Brown-Jackson could tell us, perhaps. I don’t think you need to be a biologist to determine that, and since words have no meaning anyway, it is probably outlined in Article II, right next to the prohibition against Orange presidents. 

I cannot emphasize strongly enough how deliberately reckless Judge Talwani’s order is. She is all but begging the executive branch to defy a court order, and do so on the strongest possible legal turf. She must have hoped and intended that this would be the next step.

— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) July 8, 2025

Defunding Planned Parenthood was an act of Congress, signed by the president, and is the actual law. There is zero ambiguity, which explains the lack of any legal reasoning in the order. Why bother? There IS no legal justification for any of this. It is a pure act of authoritarian abuse of power. 

This is part of a law, duly enacted by Congress and the President. There is no basis whatsoever to block it from taking effect. The judge would have to conclude that Planned Parenthood has a constitutional right to taxpayer money. Which is ludicrous. Just unconscionable. https://t.co/xoMTHMfry8

— Boo (@IzaBooboo) July 7, 2025

Next week, a judge will just write “Republicans bad” or “decolonize America” and be done with it. 

The question is not one of law but of power. How are you gonna stop this judge? https://t.co/ppnrJobpoZ

— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) July 7, 2025

No doubt, the “norms” crowd will come up with some explanation for why this is necessary. Something along the lines of “Orange Man Gestapo racistsexisthomophobic ooga booga,” and we are all expected to nod along sagely and light a candle to Whoopi Goldberg and Keith Olbermann. 

Article I, Section 9, Clause 7 of the Constitution gives Congress the power of the purse.

This bill has been passed by the Senate.

It has been passed by the House.

It has been signed into law by @POTUS.

This judge has no authority to supersede that. https://t.co/KaCGHWDZ5O

— Office of Congressman Abe Hamadeh (@RepAbeHamadeh) July 7, 2025

The Constitution defines and limits the powers of each branch of government. That includes, believe it or not, the Judicial Branch, as well as Congress and the Executive Branch. 

In fact, the two other branches defer to the Judicial–as they should–because it is expected to be impartial and self-limiting. It is supposed to be an umpire, not a team’s coach. When it ceases to act in that capacity and becomes a political player itself, the other branches will eventually begin to ignore it.

They hate democracy, they absolutely do not honor the SCOTUS and they certainly do not respect the law.

Interesting that suddenly defunding Planned Parenthood is an abortion ban, though. https://t.co/TBC7FIC8QI

— Chad Felix Greene 🇮🇱 (@chadfelixg) July 7, 2025

And they should. Our system does not grant unlimited power to the Judiciary; if they try to take it, that is as “insurrectiony” as the President acting outside his power. 

No provision in the United States Constitution states that American taxpayers are obligated to fund Planned Parenthood.

However, Article I, Section 9, Clause 7 grants Congress the power of the purse.

This federal judge should study that sacred document before issuing any… https://t.co/WU468CSeKb

— Kari Lake (@KariLake) July 7, 2025

The Supreme Court has to get its branch in order. Congress should impeach Judge Indira Talwani–not because they disagree with her, but because she is trying to exercise power to which she is not entitled. 

The case for impeachment isn’t even close. Talwani’s ruling is an act of pure power without any justification. She must be removed.