SEEKING TO EFFECTIVELY ENACT LEGISLATION BY EXECUTIVE ORDER CLEARLY EXCEEDS THE BOUNDS OF ARTICLE II AND THUS DOES NOT SERVE THE PUBLIC INTEREST. THE EXECUTIVE ORDERS THREATEN TO DISRUPT TREATMENT OF PATIENTS, STALL CRITICAL RESEARCH, AND GUT NUMEROUS PROGRAMS IN MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS THAT RELY ON FEDERAL FUNDING... THE PLAINTIFFS HAVE SHOWN THAT THEY ARE LIKELY TO SUCCEED ON THE MERITS, THAT THEY WOULD SUFFER IRREPARABLE HARMS ABSENT AN INJUNCTION, AND THAT THE BALANCE OF EQUITIES AND THE PUBLIC INTEREST TIP IN THEIR FAVOR.