U.S. District Judge John Heil III, a Trump appointee, rejected challenges to the law in a Thursday ruling — the first district court judge to reach such a conclusion. Here’s my Law Dork report on the ruling, its cause, and the fallout: https://www.lawdork.com/p/oklahoma-anti-trans-care-ban-in-effect 

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