What I saw outside the SCOTUS Skrmetti hearing
December 5, 2024
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1:33Now PlayingWhat I saw outside the SCOTUS Skrmetti hearing
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On Wednesday, the US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a landmark lawsuit challenging a Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for minors, brought by the Biden administration’s Department of Justice, a physician, and three trans minors and their families.
Mother Jones editorial fellow Sophie Hurwitz was outside SCOTUS to speak with those who showed up in support of trans people, and those who aren't. They reflect: "For the trans young people I spoke with, this isn’t about Satan or brainwashing or ideology—it’s about survival."
United States v. Skrmetti is one of the biggest cases of the term and the first major trans-rights case to be heard by the court since far-right lawmakers and policy groups launched a coordinated campaign inundating statehouses with hundreds of anti-trans bills a few years ago. Legal experts say the Skrmetti case could shape the landscape for trans rights for years to come, while testing how far the Court’s conservative supermajority is willing to extend its 2022 decision allowing states to ban abortion: Will the justices give states free rein to outlaw yet another form of healthcare?
Read our full report on the court case here
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