SCOTUS ruling: state bans on trans “care” for minors is constitutional

Imagine being one of the 3 judges that dissented.

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a stunning setback to transgender rights.

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shite like this is why people are trusting the media less and less. Zero need for this statement, and a 6-3 decision means at least one liberal justice crossed the aisle, so not stunning at all.

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President Donald Trump’s Republican administration and state governments to roll back protections for transgender people.

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I love how they phrase surgical mutilation of children’s genitalia as being “protections for transgender people.”

You think you hate the media enough. But really it’s impossible to hate them enough.

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and a 6-3 decision means at least one liberal justice crossed the aisle, so not stunning at all.

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by Liberal you mean like ACB or John Roberts? because there are only 3 Justices on the court that have been appointed by Democratic presidents.

My kid thinks he’s Superman, should I not let him jump from a skyscraper so he can fly or step in front of a speeding bullet.?

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This is a worse variation

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but is it?

deliberately poisoning/killing your kid vs cutting off their genitals.

both are pretty awful.

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I’d imagine this will cause a cascade of other states following TNs lead

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Texas already had the ban.

Agreed that both are horrible. I cannot understand how one can hurt their kids. To be accurate, we are talking about Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy. A quick glance shows about a 6 to 10% death rate for the kids. I don't think there is a lot of information on long term effects of "trans care" but I would think the suicide rate would be close to 10% if not more.

Again, both are horrible. One is celebrated by about half of the country.

I love Thomas:

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There are several problems with appealing and deferring
to the authority of the expert class. First, so-called experts
have no license to countermand the “wisdom, fairness, or
logic of legislative choices.” FCC v. Beach Communications,
Inc., 508 U. S. 307, 313 (1993). Second, contrary to the representations of the United States and the private plaintiffs,
there is no medical consensus on how best to treat gender
dysphoria in children. Third, notwithstanding the alleged
experts’ view that young children can provide informed consent to irreversible sex-transition treatments, whether such consent is possible is a question of medical ethics that States must decide for themselves. Fourth, there are particularly good reasons to question the expert class here, as recent revelations suggest that leading voices in this area
have relied on questionable evidence, and have allowed ideology to influence their medical guidance.

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Sotomayor is an oxygen thief:

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"[T]he majority subjects a law that plainly discriminates on the basis of sex to mere rational-basis review. By retreating from meaningful judicial review exactly where it matters most, the Court abandons transgender children and their families to political whims. In sadness, I dissent."

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