Transgender Sports Case Should Invite Compassion, Not Disdain: Ted Diadiun

Transgender sports case should invite compassion, not disdain: Ted Diadiun

There will be no winners when the court renders its judgment. It will likely be the right decision, but it will close off a pathway for troubled people who are simply yearning to feel normal. Celebrating that feels wrong, writes Ted Diadiun in his column today.

The gaping hole in the transgender sports case

Almost every lawyer who goes before the Supreme Court has at least one sizable hole in their argument. After all, if the questions were clear-cut, the case would have been resolved in the lower courts. But there are holes, and then there are holes. In the transgender sports cases heard at the Supreme Court on Tuesday, attorneys for the trans athletes spent much of their time trying to skirt a sinkhole the size of Atlanta. The court was weighing …