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The good, the bad, and the head-scratching in the SCOTUS transgender case

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05.12.2024

Former transgender influencer and ‘Gender Madness’ author Oli London shares his perspective on the debate surrounding gender transition treatments for minors on ‘The Story.’

Let’s start with the easy part. After Wednesday’s oral argument in United States v. Skrmetti, I’m certain the Court will rule that the Constitution’s Equal Protection clause, which bans sex discrimination, has no bearing on Tennessee’s law protecting minors from sex trait modification (what some call ‘gender-affirming care’). The Justices most likely to be in the majority, Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Kavanaugh, had no interest in courts becoming medical experts overseeing various experimental procedures under a Constitutional lens.

That’s a good sign, as far as it goes. But there were surprises.

Most of the arguments mirrored the classic urges of the Justices. An ultra-prepared Justice Alito quizzed the Biden administration on whether it believed its own outlandish statement that "overwhelming evidence" shows transgender surgeries "directly and substantially" improve the well-being of "transgender adolescents," given that the Cass report directly........

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