Daily Wire host Matt Walsh excoriated a district judge on Friday for a decision blocking a ban on injecting minors with puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to treat gender dysphoria.

“This week, federal Judge Eli Richardson declined to halt Tennessee’s ban on child mutilation surgeries. But he issued an injunction against the state’s ban on chemically castrating & sterilizing minors. The opinion is astonishingly bad & the state AG has already appealed,” Walsh said in the first tweet of a lengthy thread posted to Twitter.

1/ This week, federal Judge Eli Richardson declined to halt Tennessee’s ban on child mutilation surgeries. But he issued an injunction against the state’s ban on chemically castrating & sterilizing minors. The opinion is astonishingly bad & the state AG has already appealed.

— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) June 30, 2023

Tennessee enacted legislation banning sex-change treatments and surgeries on minors after an undercover investigation by Walsh and his team found that Vanderbilt University Medical Center was providing so-called “puberty blocking” drugs, cross-sex hormones, and mastectomies to underage teens.

In his opinion blocking the Tennessee state law, Richardson cited two other court cases that have “nothing to do with transgenderism,” Walsh said. Richardson also took into account data provided by two pro-transgender organizations, disregarding objections that the data was “low quality.”

“[T]he Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation system permits conclusions to be drawn based on what is considered ‘low-quality evidence,’” Richardson wrote.

4/ How does the judge make the leap and determine that it's "medical care" to castrate & sterilize a child? He disregards the state’s experts and cites "evidence" that he admits is "low quality" from two main sources: the trans activist group WPATH and the Endocrine Society. pic.twitter.com/Wgko0kl4bm

— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) June 30, 2023

Richardson dismissed professional testimony from clinical psychologist Dr. James Cantor pointing out flaws in the data, which came from WPATH and the Endocrine Society. The judge said that Cantor’s testimony was meaningless unless he possessed experience “administer[ing] the medical procedures banned by SB1.”

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“In other words, the judge only values the opinions of doctors who are already making money by castrating children,” Walsh wrote.

8/ In other words, the judge only values the opinions of doctors who are already making money by castrating children. That could be why he completely ignores sworn declarations from doctors like Sven Roman, who explained to him why minors should not receive cross-sex hormones. pic.twitter.com/AFZA4RNzug

— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) June 30, 2023

The judge also disregarded concerns from the state that administering cross-sex hormones to minors could “lead to a lifetime dependence on certain medications” because “[d]efendants do not explain why such dependence should itself be considered a negative side effect.”

Richardson accepted expert testimony from physicians who supported transgender treatments for minors, however. He cited Duke Health’s Dr. Deanna Adkins “extensively” throughout the opinion, despite Adkins’ own lack of citations for her work, according to Walsh.

10/ Judge Richardson doesn’t ignore every declaration in the case, however. He extensively cites this declaration from Duke “trans” specialist Dr. Deanna Adkins, who offers this rundown of gender theory without providing citations. pic.twitter.com/vLVqUnbVEG

— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) June 30, 2023

“Judge Richardson said Dr. Adkins’ declaration is credible. Meanwhile, he disregards evidence that cross-sex hormones sterilize children, because ‘not all individuals will experience this negative side effect,’” Walsh wrote.

Walsh blasted the judge for giving little treatment to the risks associated with cross-sex hormone treatments and, when writing of the procedures and their effects, using euphemisms that disguise the real impact.

“Even one of the doctors that Judge Richardson’s opinion relies on – Dr. Adkins – admits in her declaration that patients must be informed of ‘irreversible’ risks of cross-sex hormones, including sterilization,” Walsh writes.

14/ Even one of the doctors that Judge Richardson’s opinion relies on – Dr. Adkins – admits in her declaration that patients must be informed of "irreversible" risks of cross-sex hormones, including sterilization. pic.twitter.com/cuhmoLIlTq

— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) June 30, 2023

Richardson also cited the lack of evidence as to whether such sex-change treatments are “safe” as an argument supporting their further use.

“The practical effects of the judge’s decision are clear. Vanderbilt’s deputy CEO told Judge Richardson that the moment he issues an injunction, sterilizing hormone therapies will resume – including on minor children,” Walsh writes.

16/ The practical effects of the judge’s decision are clear. Vanderbilt’s deputy CEO told Judge Richardson that the moment he issues an injunction, sterilizing hormone therapies will resume – including on minor children. pic.twitter.com/OyFqlAzbWt

— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) June 30, 2023

Walsh went on to spotlight two of Richardson’s former clerks, one who has posted her pronouns in her bio and works for a lesbian activist group and another who wrote in support of nuisance environmental lawsuits against the meat industry.

“Is Judge Richardson surrounding himself with left-wing activists? Why did he decide to override the will of the overwhelming majority of Tennesseans in order to allow child castration? Maybe those two questions are related. The good news is the appeal is already underway,” Walsh concluded.

20/ Is Judge Richardson surrounding himself with left-wing activists? Why did he decide to override the will of the overwhelming majority of Tennesseans in order to allow child castration? Maybe those two questions are related. The good news is the appeal is already underway.

— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) June 30, 2023

Editor’s Note: A previous version of this story incorrectly labeled Judge Eli Richardson a Tennessee state judge.

Hunter Biden loves his little daughter in Arkansas so much that he gave her some of those tacky Spirograph paintings, which we’re told can fetch as much as $500,000.

Of course, four-year-old Navy Joan Lunden and her mom had to promise never to use the Biden name and agree to a major haircut in child support payments. But while it’s usually little kids who supply their parents with amateur art instead of the other way around, Hunter’s works are not something you stick on the refrigerator with a magnet. There’s a huge market for them.

Some cynics think the only folks paying six figures for Hunter Biden’s ink-blown abstract paintings are people who want to buy his father’s influence, and the guy producing them is a con artist. It’s hard to know for sure, because until he leaves another laptop lying around, we won’t know the names of his buyers. But the theory makes sense, because it was one thing for Hunter to be the Biden bagman while his father was President Obama’s No. 2, but the big job puts bright lights on the big guy. You would need some sort of cover if you were going to continue the family business.

Is #HunterBiden sucking or blowing?

Either way, no wonder his 'art' is so pricey pic.twitter.com/Z1n8HRiBlz

— Richard David (@Trying_Very) June 30, 2023

Using Hunter’s alleged artworks to add a coat of legitimacy to payments to the family business was such a clever touch that someone not named Biden surely came up with it. He can probably churn them out in minutes, and the Bidens can always count on the friendly press to peddle the picture of Hunter in a beret, pensively clutching a palette pad in front of an easel as he channels his newfound creativity against his old demons. But the one key thing to remember about the scam is that there is no secondary market for a signed Hunter Biden. No one buys it to hang on the wall and show their friends. It’s nothing more than a ticket stub.

Little Navy Joan will find this out in about 14 years, when she drags her signed Hunter Bidens out of the crawl space and tries to sell them to pay for her college tuition. Unless she takes a low-ball offer from someone with a sense of humor, her biological dad’s gifts will end up on the curb, like something that found no takers at a garage sale.

Hunter Biden who is Jo Biden’s son & is in the papers a lot these days is also amongst other things an artist he started whilst in rehab some of his painting are reported to be valued at as much as $500,000 exhibited at Georges Berges gallery New York pic.twitter.com/fGD2zrNJyC

— Art & Sculpture (@Highlight_Art) June 30, 2023

Until he struck his latest dodgy deal, Hunter Biden was paying $20,000 per month to support the daughter neither he nor his father ever willingly acknowledged. While we’ve recently learned that Hunter likes to conduct high-wire negotiations from a couch in Delaware with his dad at his side, he did this one in person during a deposition in Little Rock. It was literally child’s play for a guy who has negotiated with operatives and oligarchs while high on crack. He brought the monthly payments all the way down to a manageable $5,000.

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As for the other terms, little Navy gets the paintings, but not the Biden name. Hard to say which one is worth less.