Supreme Court will take up state bans on gender-affirming care for minors

[cigaretteman]

The Supreme Court on Monday jumped into the fight over transgender rights, agreeing to hear an appeal from the Biden administration seeking to block state bans on gender-affirming care.
The justices’ action comes as Republican-led states have enacted a variety of restrictions on health care for transgender people, school sports participation, bathroom usage and drag shows. The administration and Democratic-led states have extended protections for transgender people, including a new federal regulation that seeks to protect transgender students.





The U.S Supreme Court is seen, Thursday, June 20, 2024, in Washington.
Mariam Zuhaib - staff, ASSOCIATED PRESS
The case before the high court involves a law in Tennessee that restrict puberty blockers and hormone therapy for transgender minors. The federal appeals court in Cincinnati allowed laws in Tennessee and Kentucky to take effect after they had been blocked by lower courts. (The high court did not act on a separate appeal from Kentucky.)

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“Without this Court’s prompt intervention, transgender youth and their families will remain in limbo, uncertain of whether and where they can access needed medical care,” lawyers for the transgender teens in Tennessee told the justices.
Actor Elliot Page, the Oscar-nominated star of “Juno,” “Inception” and “The Umbrella Academy,” was among 57 transgender people who joined a legal filing in support of Supreme Court review.

Arguments will take place in the fall.

Supreme Court will take up state bans on gender-affirming care for minors

The Supreme Court is stepping into the fight over transgender rights, agreeing to hear appeals from the Biden administration and families seeking to block state bans on gender-affirming care.

qctimes.com

 

[Aardvark86]

In the summer, the issue to watch will be when they schedule the argument for. Note that before today, the Court had granted cert in about 15+ cases, and today's grants included another 7 cases. That's probably enough to fill up the argument docket for October, which is a polite way of saying the case probably won't be argued before the election.

Now without really wanting to throw a turd into the punch bowl and get people needlessly worked up too early, the reason that is relevant is that, in theory, if Trump were to win the election, the new SG, whoever that may be, could conceivably flip the G's position in the case. Now there's a debate question for Jake Tapper for Thursday (not that I'll be watching).