Originally published at National Catholic Register
COMMENTARY: The Supreme Court has an opportunity to further protect vulnerable children and safeguard our Constitution from infiltration by today’s progressive ideologies.
The Supreme Court will hear oral argument Wednesday in U.S. v. Skrmetti, one of the most consequential cases under review by the Court this term. Here is a quick primer on what the Skrmetti case is all about:
In spring 2023, shortly after Tennessee lawmakers passed SB1, a law that prohibits all medical treatments intended to allow “a minor to identify with, or live as, a purported identity inconsistent with the minor’s sex” or to treat “purported discomfort or distress from a discordance between the minor’s sex and asserted identity.” Before SB1 went into effect, three families and a doctor challenged the law. Their complaint made several claims, including that it violates the 14th Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause.
The Biden administration intervened in the case in support of the plaintiffs. The trial court issued a preliminary injunction, permitting minors in Tennessee access to cross-sex hormones and puberty blockers, but keeping in place the ban on surgeries.
Tennessee appealed the injunction to the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals. That court reversed the lower court, effectively reinstating the law
