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"Exposing students to the 'message' that LGBTQ people exist, the majority says, is enough to trigger the most demanding form of judicial scrutiny," Sotomayor wrote.
It's a terrible ruling but could be worse. And it's not the end.
Rulings will come any day in Mahmoud v. Taylor and Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic.
Here's what is at stake in U.S. v. Skrmetti, a case about health care for transgender youth.
In holding that citizens don't have a fundamental interest in bringing noncitizen spouses to the U.S., the court is on the path to undermining marriage rights in general, the justice said in an impassioned dissent.
A secret deal between Justices John Roberts and Anthony Kennedy still has implications today.
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.
The Supreme Court dealt trans kids and their families a "devastating blow” by upholding states’ rights to ban gender-affirming care, advocates say.
Rep. Laurel Libby can speak and vote in the Maine House while her lawsuit proceeds.
The Advocate reports from inside Washington National Cathedral for the 39th president’s state funeral.
The conservative-majority court announced the decision on the last day of its session before justices jetted off on their summer vacation.
JD Vance has been blocked by 11 times more Bluesky accounts than those that follow him.
Nine activists were arrested outside the Supreme Court and detained for two hours, according to organizers.
Sotomayor said the ruling will invite "untold harm to transgender children and the parents and families who love them."
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.
Even though conservative justices expressing skepticism about such care, supporters of trans rights say there may be a favorable ruling.
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.
Thomas accused the court's newest justice of casting all Black people as victims and wanting to "reallocate society’s riches by racial means."
