Obama-era reversals
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- Hyde directive revoked broader abortion-access policy without changing the funding statuteBiden access orders revoked; Hyde restrictions continue through federal appropriations law.2 sources
- Immigration-enforcement reset widened detention and local-funding pressure across the systemCore enforcement reset implemented; individual detention and funding measures remain separately litigated.2 sources
- Schedule Policy/Career revived at-will exposure for policy-linked civil servantsClassification restored; rulemaking and litigation over covered positions continued.3 sources
- United States left the Paris Agreement againWithdrawal took effect January 27, 2026; the United States was not a party at last review.2 sources
- DACA rescission failed basic administrative-law reviewFinal ruling on the 2017 rescission; later DACA litigation is separate.1 source
- 2019 Clean Water repeal was superseded by replacement rules and a narrower Supreme Court test2019 repeal no longer governs alone; post-Sackett federal coverage varies by rule and jurisdiction.2 sources
- Short-term plan limits returned under Biden, then entered Trump nonenforcementThree-month federal rule remains on paper; Trump administration suspended enforcement pending revision.2 sources
- Military-equipment rollback survived a Biden limit and returned under Trump's second termBiden restrictions rescinded in 2025; federal military-equipment access broadened again.3 sources
- Federal net-neutrality protections returned in 2024, then fell to a 2025 appellate rulingFederal FCC rules vacated by the Sixth Circuit in 2025; state protections remain a separate layer.2 sources
- Religious-liberty order led to contraceptive exemptions later upheld on agency authorityImplementing exemptions upheld by the Supreme Court in 2020; later coverage policy continued to change.2 sources
- Obama climate program targeted for dismantlingExecutive Order 13783 was revoked in 2021; its reversal record remains historical.2 sources
- Global gag rule reinstated againReinstated again by presidential memorandum on January 24, 2025.2 sources