Musk Seemingly Calls for Term Limits as Federal Judge Orders HHS, CDC and FDA to Restore Deleted Webpages: 'Truly Absurd'

Judge ruled deleting online health resources harms everyday Americans, especially those in underserved communities

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Elon Musk demands the removal of U.S. District Judge John Bates, who ordered HHS, CDC, and FDA to restore deleted webpages. Diego M. Radzinschi / NLJ/NDTV

Elon Musk is seemingly calling for term limits on federal judge's after the HHS, CDC, and FDA were ordered to reinstate online health resources "vital for real-time clinical decision-making" that were erased under Trump's executive order on "gender ideology extremism."

"Truly absurd. Judges as website editors!? We should at least ATTEMPT to fire this junky jurist," Musk tweeted Tuesday. "The notion of having a judge job for life, no matter how bad the judgments, is ridiculous! Enough is enough."

The controversy stems from U.S. District Judge John Bates' ruling, which ordered the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to reinstate online resources that had been scrubbed in compliance with an executive order titled, "Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to The Federal Government."

The directive mandated agencies delete "all statements, policies, regulations, forms, communications, or other internal and external messages that promote or otherwise inculcate gender ideology."

Bates granted a temporary restraining order requested by Doctors for America, which argued the deletions negatively impacted patient care and research efforts.

"It bears emphasizing who ultimately bears the harm of defendants' actions: everyday Americans, and most acutely, underprivileged Americans, seeking healthcare," Bates wrote in his decision. He cited testimonies from doctors struggling to provide care due to missing medical guidance and warned that the removals could lead to "serious injuries" to public health.

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Bates ordered the agencies to restore the deleted webpages by Tuesday night.

"There is nothing ... to suggest the restoration of the removed webpages would pose a burden on the agencies' ability to engage in their work," he wrote.

In just three weeks, over a dozen lawsuits have accused the Trump administration of breaking the law. The American Bar Association condemned the administration's "attacks" on rule of law, calling the crisis "chaotic." On Monday alone, judges blocked Trump's policies to end birthright citizenship, federal funding freezes, and NIH research cuts.

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