With transgender care ruling, Chief Justice Roberts tries to avoid extremes

[Jessica_Rose]

With transgender care ruling, Chief Justice Roberts tries to avoid extremes

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/with-transgender-care-ruling-chief-justice-roberts-tries-to-avoid-extremes/ar-AA1H0LgU?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=a36e509222654711c629af3a6aca0d13&ei=17

Story by Joan Biskupic, CNN Chief Supreme Court Analyst (19 June 2025)

After Supreme Court oral arguments last December, it was clear conservative justices had the votes to uphold state bans on gender care for trans youths under age 18. The question was how far the decision would sweep to affect trans individuals in other situations.

In the end, Chief Justice John Roberts used the power of his office to keep the opinion for himself. He penned a decision that affirmed state restrictions on puberty blockers and hormone therapy, but he declined to adopt the reasoning of some conservatives that could have made transgender people even more vulnerable to discrimination.

On Wednesday, he fended off the more aggressive right-wing sentiment. In his seven-minute statement from the mahogany bench and in his written opinion, Roberts adopted a cut-and-dried tone. He eschewed the heat of the three liberal dissenters, as well as the conservatives who broke off to write their own statements. Justice Clarence Thomas, for example, insisted medical experts "have surreptitiously compromised their medical recommendations to achieve political ends," and Justice Amy Coney Barrett raised concerns about boys' and girls' sports teams.

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Reading the entire article, apparently the decision could have been even worse for our community.

Love always -- Jessica Rose

[Lori Dee]

In another article about Amy Barrett's decision, she explained that transgender people do not have a long history of discrimination the way blacks and women do; therefore, the court does not need to protect their rights as carefully as in those cases.

So, since we don't have a "long history" of discrimination against us, it is okay to discriminate against us. Then, at some point when we have a "long history" of discrimination, it will be time to put a stop to it.

https://www.newsweek.com/amy-coney-barrett-unexpected-move-supreme-court-2087851

 

[Devlyn]

Because every group, every race, every nationality has to earn their own rights doncha'know? They're not just going around handing out rights to anyone that wants them.