SC Reaction to Transgender Athletes, Birthright Rulings Unsurprising
Lankford called the transgender-athlete decision common sense and said the citizenship ruling should push Congress to tighten immigration laws.
- On Tuesday, the Supreme Court issued two major rulings: upholding state bans on transgender athletes in girls' sports while striking down President Donald Trump's executive order limiting birthright citizenship.
- The 6-3 decision on sports protects state laws in West Virginia and Idaho, while the citizenship ruling invalidated a measure that would have affected roughly 250,000 children annually under the Fourteenth Amendment.
- James Lankford praised the sports ruling as "common sense," but expressed disappointment in the citizenship decision, arguing that citizenship should not be obtained through fraud or illegal actions.
- Contrasting with Jim Clyburn , Lindsey Graham declared he is now "more determined than ever" to end birthright citizenship, while Clyburn commended the ruling as a "key tenet of our nation's promise."
- Republican members are seeking legislative reform, as the citizenship decision leaves the issue to Congress, even though the sports ruling hinders future legal challenges to similar state bans.
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Trans athletes lose (in court)
Big SCOTUS rulings: The Supreme Court ruled 6–3 yesterday, upholding West Virginia's and Idaho's laws that bar transgender athletes who identify as women from competing in girls' sports. This decision has implications for 25 other states with similar laws. "To provide equal opportunity for female athletes, schools do not merely maintain, for example, one soccer team, one basketball team, one ice hockey team, and one lacrosse team that are equall…
East Texas politicians react to transgender, birthright citizenship Supreme Court rulings
EAST TEXAS (KETK) -- The U.S. Supreme Court made several monumental rulings on Tuesday, inciting mixed reactions from East Texas politicians and Gov. Greg Abbott as decisions on transgender and birthright citizenship issues were handed down. Two of the rulings made by the Supreme Court that caught the attention of East Texans included the decision [...]
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