It's a high-profile case, so I won't say much about the merits; you can read about it elsewhere. Basically it affirms a district court injunction that stops the federal government from cutting off federal funds to local governments that do things the Trump administration doesn't like, whether in the program that's being funded by federal dollars or not. That, Judge McKeown holds, exceeds statutory authorization. You can perhaps tell local governments not to use federal dollars to help transgender persons or undocumented aliens, but you can't pull federal funds just because the locality does things you don't like with their own money and not in the program you're funding. That's the careful balance established by Congress, one over which the current administration runs roughshod.
Judge Bumatay predictably dissents. The difference between the two opinion is pronounced.
It's a testament to the current political and judicial climate that even a cogent and moderate opinion like this one will likely face challenge in both an en banc call and, potentially, in the Supreme Court.
Unfortunate and telling.
