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Opinion: There might be two conservative justices with the social and emotional investment in a right that now runs wide and deep in communities and neighborhoods across the country, writes John Casey.
Harvard Law Professor Mark Tushnet, who once clerked for Marshall and chronicled his career in two books, reflects on how today’s justices have strayed from his example.
“We were told by pastors and Focus on the Family that we had to fix him. Instead, we taught him to hate himself. And when a child is dead, you don’t ever get to repair that,” Linda Robertson said of her late son.
Opinion: A narrow-minded and homophobic right-wing court is poised to legalize one of the worst forms of psychological abuse ever invented, writes John Casey.
A federal appeals court struck down the state’s law earlier in the week.
Former Supreme Court clerk and co-host of the Strict Scrutiny podcast, Leah Litman, told The Advocate that bans on trans youth’s medical care are only the beginning after the Skrmetti ruling.
It's a terrible ruling but could be worse. And it's not the end.
The Supreme Court dealt trans kids and their families a "devastating blow” by upholding states’ rights to ban gender-affirming care, advocates say.
The show, planned to coincide with this year's WorldPride, was postponed due to budget constraints, not Donald Trump's policies, a spokeswoman says.
In hearing the Mahmoud v. Taylor case, conservatives leaned toward siding with these parents, while liberals wondered what other content parents could opt their kids out of.
Opinion: Justice Amy Coney Barrett's choice: to be bold like former Justices Souter and Blackmun, or irrational and loathed like Justices Alito and Thomas, writes John Casey.
The measure, passed in the North Dakota House and pending in the Senate, doesn't have the force of law and merely advises the Supreme Court, but it shows what Republicans are thinking.
Here's what is at stake in U.S. v. Skrmetti, a case about health care for transgender youth.
Experts don't see an immediate threat to marriage equality, but they recommend some proactive steps for protection.
The court refused to let the Biden administration enforce the rule, which includes protections for transgender students, in 10 states that have sued over it.
The conservative-majority court announced the decision on the last day of its session before justices jetted off on their summer vacation.
Thomas accused the court's newest justice of casting all Black people as victims and wanting to "reallocate society’s riches by racial means."
