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 …
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: …
The Supreme Court announced on Monday that it will decide whether states have the constitutional authority to prohibit gender-affirming care for minors. The 6th Circuit held that the due process clause does not protect the parents because there is no “deeply rooted” right to secure gender-affirming care for one’s offspring, and that the equal protection clause is not offended because …
