SCOTUS is considering whether Tennessee's total ban on transgender medical care for minors violates the Equal Protection Clause, and Liz and Rebecca have some thoughts. They explain what the oral arguments last month revealed and what the stakes are for the real people who will be affected by the Court’s decision. 

 

Background

• Case page on SCOTUSblog

• Oral Arguments Transcript

• Senate Bill 1

• NYT: "Opinion - The Supreme Court Just Showed Us What Contempt for Expertise Looks Like”

• SCOTUSblog: Supreme Court appears ready to uphold Tennessee ban on youth transgender care

Cases

• Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission (2018)

• Loving v. Virginia (1967)  

• Bostock v. Clayton County (2020)

 

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