SCOTUS Puts Skrmetti SDP Case Out Of Its Misery
Last week I speculated what would happen to the ACLU’s cert petition in Skrmetti that raised the Due Process issue. I wondered if the Court would GVR the parental rights issue in light of Mahmoud.
Today’s order list denied review in L.W. v. Skrmetti. There were no recorded dissents. It seems the Due Process claim is now dead. The Tennessee law, and others like it, will now go into effect.
Indeed, the Court GVR’d several related cases. First, West Virginia excluded treatment for gender dysphoria from Medicaid. The Fourth Circuit held this exclusion violated the Equal Protection Clause. Second, North Carolina excluded treatment for gender dysphoria from the state employee health plan. The Fourth Circuit likewise ruled against the state. Third, Idaho denied Medicaid coverage for sex-reassignment surgery. After Skrmetti was argued, the Ninth Circuit found this ruling was unlawful.
These issues will bubble back to the Court in a year or so. Let’s see if the Fourth Circuit can see the writing
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