Supreme Court Vacates Appellate Rulings on Transgender Care in Four States

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, Wes…

LGBTQ community faces multiple legal challenges

There is rising concern among the LGBTQ community that the legality of same-sex marriage could be threatened. Kevin Jennings of Lambda Legal joins with more.

W.Va. Gender-Affirming Surgery Case Kicked Back To Lower Court - West Virginia Public Broadcasting

The Supreme Court vacated a decision by the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last year that the state’s exclusion of gender-affirming surgery under Medicaid violated federal law.

US Supreme Court tosses rulings that favored transgender people

The U.S. Supreme Court threw out on Monday judicial decisions that favored transgender people in cases from North Carolina, West Virginia, Idaho and Oklahoma, including in legal challenges to state health insurance programs that deny coverage for patients seeking gender-affirming medical treatment.

Supreme Court tells lower courts to revisit pro-transgender decisions

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ordered lower courts to review appellate decisions involving transgender people after the justices' ruling last week banned gender-affirming care for minors.

The Needle: The Supreme Court Continues to Target Trans Rights and Shady DOGE Dealings

You can’t fire me and I don’t quit: A handful of officials, largely Democratic appointees at independent boards and commissions across the government, have managed to resist convicted felon and President Donald Trump’s efforts to fire them. Since January, the White House has attempted to remove more than a dozen leaders of independent federal agencies. Some, however, have continued to show up for work, while others have been reinstated, at least…