That’s the question presented in two companion cases that the Court agreed to hear, Little v. Hecox and West Virginia v. B.P.J. Note an important difference between this case and Skrmetti, which upheld state limits on certain kinds of youth gender medicine: In Skrmetti, the majority held that the state laws didn’t discriminate based on sex, but here it’s […]
Celebration after Obergefell v. Hodges was decided. June 2015. (Howard University) Â Today, is the tenth anniversary of Obergefell v. Hodges, the landmark Supreme Court decision striking down laws banning same-sex marriage. The ruling was a great victory for liberty and equality, and a striking example of how progress can be achieved by a combination […]
The Supreme Court issued five opinions today, most notably its decision in United States v. Skrmetti, rejecting a constitutional challenge to a Tennessee law prohibiting certain medical treatments for gender dysphoria for minors (e.g. puberty blockers and hormones). The decision produced 112 pages of opinions. Chief Justice Roberts wrote for a 6-3 Court. Justice Alito concurred […]
Off to a conference today, so I can’t write about it in detail but the Court’s syllabus on p. 1-5 seems to summarize the opinion (U.S. v. Skrmetti) well. Here’s one particularly interesting passage I noticed, from Justice Thomas’s concurrence: The Court rightly rejects efforts by the United States and the private plaintiffs to accord […]