Courts

How the Supreme Court’s Transgender Ruling Reveals a Shift

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How the Supreme Court’s Transgender Ruling Reveals a Shift

In its biggest ruling of the term, the Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a Tennessee law that prohibits some medical treatments for transgender youths, shielding similar laws in more than 20 other states. Adam Liptak, who covers the Supreme Court for The New York Times, describes the three factions of justices in the 6-to-3 decision. … Read more

The Supreme Court’s incoherent new attack on trans rights, in US v. Skrmetti

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The Supreme Court’s incoherent new attack on trans rights, in US v. Skrmetti

It was obvious, if you listened to the Supreme Court’s oral argument in United States v. Skrmetti last December, that the Court would vote — most likely along party lines — to uphold state laws banning many forms of transgender health care for minors. So nothing about Chief Justice John Roberts’s majority opinion in Skrmetti … Read more