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I’m a Seasoned Litigator. Sam Alito’s Recent Questions Have Made Me Cringe.
3 weeks, 1 day ago

I’m a Seasoned Litigator. Sam Alito’s Recent Questions Have Made Me Cringe.

Slate  

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Shuffling through papers that he suggested were studies from various European countries that urged caution in the provision of puberty blockers to teens, Alito engaged in a “gotcha” line of questioning, insisting that Prelogar—the meticulous and unmatched litigator who …

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"It's about the cruelty": Experts worry SCOTUS trans rights case could "creep into other areas"
1 month ago

"It's about the cruelty": Experts worry SCOTUS trans rights case could "creep into other areas"

Salon  

The Supreme Court last week appeared likely to support a contentious Tennessee law banning gender-affirming care for minors after more than two hours of oral argument in one of the most pivotal cases for transgender rights in the nation's history. "We think it would be sufficient for the Court to recognize that a law that on its face says you …

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Skrmetti: Conservatives are constructing a bad-faith argument against trans rights at the Supreme Court. It’s worked for them before.
55 years ago

Skrmetti: Conservatives are constructing a bad-faith argument against trans rights at the Supreme Court. It’s worked for them before.

Slate  

We’ve seen this movie before: Conservatives defending a state ban on medical care at the Supreme Court claim that their ban isn’t actually a ban, cite European restrictions on the same care that fail to prove their point, and dangle cherry-picked stats about patient regret, with some discussion of eugenics sprinkled in. Thomas wrote in a 2019 concurrence that an …

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Brett Kavanaugh Is Using the Logic of Dobbs to Pursue a Dangerous New Agenda
1 month ago

Brett Kavanaugh Is Using the Logic of Dobbs to Pursue a Dangerous New Agenda

Slate  

Wednesday’s oral arguments in the landmark civil rights case Skrmetti v. U.S. offered the Supreme Court an opportunity to prove it would stand by long-settled law on sex equality in the face of political backlash from politicians seeking to impose gender conformity by legislative fiat. He scolded Prelogar for failing to engage with this document, at one point demanding: “Is …

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The Hidden Danger of the Supreme Court’s New Trans Rights Case
55 years ago

The Hidden Danger of the Supreme Court’s New Trans Rights Case

Slate  

The Supreme Court hears arguments on Wednesday in Skrmetti v. U.S., a case of such immense importance to constitutional equality and with such devastating potential consequences that it’s hard to even describe. It is also, fundamentally, a case about gender equality, and whether constitutional limitations on sex discrimination can survive the Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority. The statute itself declares that …

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Supreme Court Weighs Future Of Trans Youth Health Care
1 month, 1 week ago

Supreme Court Weighs Future Of Trans Youth Health Care

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear arguments for the most important transgender rights case it has ever reviewed — one that could have significant consequences on the future of lifesaving gender-affirming care for youth in the country. The Tennessee law, Senate Bill 1, encourages minors to “appreciate their sex” by prohibiting puberty blockers or hormone …

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Dobbs Was Just the Beginning. Now Trans Rights Are Being Tested at the Supreme Court.
1 month, 1 week ago

Dobbs Was Just the Beginning. Now Trans Rights Are Being Tested at the Supreme Court.

Slate  

On Dec. 4, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in what is likely to be the most important trans rights case in history. It will have knock-on effects for civil rights jurisprudence that will affect the freedoms and protections of LGBTQ+ Americans, women, medical providers, and parents’ rights to raise their children without interference from the state. Chase Strangio: …

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Chase Strangio: For the first known transgender lawyer to argue before Supreme Court, the mission ‘is not lost on me’
1 month, 1 week ago

Chase Strangio: For the first known transgender lawyer to argue before Supreme Court, the mission ‘is not lost on me’

CNN  

CNN — A single 15-minute argument in the middle of this week could change Chase Strangio’s life – and the lives of so many people like him in the United States. “Every aspect of gender-affirming care that has transformed my life,” he said, “I’m keenly aware that I want to preserve the ability for other people to access that care.” …

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Legal scholars worry Supreme Court may prioritize “politics” over “real stakes” in trans rights case
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Legal scholars worry Supreme Court may prioritize “politics” over “real stakes” in trans rights case

Salon  

The Supreme Court said Monday it will settle a legal battle over state bans of gender-affirming care in its next session, accepting for review what experts say could be one of the most pivotal cases for transgender rights — should the justices take the opportunity to make it so. We need your help to stay independent Subscribe today to support …

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Republican Officials Openly Insult Women Nearly Killed by Abortion Bans
55 years ago

Republican Officials Openly Insult Women Nearly Killed by Abortion Bans

Slate  

For many years before S.B. A pregnant woman, the attorney general averred, may be refused a treatment if it “has the potential to harm unborn lives—an issue not implicated” when treating nonpregnant women. “Did Attorney General Ken Paxton tell you you couldn’t get an abortion?” they pressed each woman after pressing them for invasive details about their failed pregnancies. Related …

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