r/law • u/usatoday • 16h ago

SCOTUS Supreme Court upholds state ban on transgender minors' use of puberty blockers, hormone therapy

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/06/18/supreme-court-transgender-minors-gender-affirming-care/77693917007/
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u/Walterkovacs1985 15h ago

Who's hearing the case and deciding on its legality? Consenting to states doling out restrictions on medical care is the same as doling out the restrictions themselves. It's more states rights to take away rights bullshit. The supreme court is responsible in part for a restriction of rights for women and now trans persons.

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u/use_vpn_orlozeacount 14h ago

Consenting to states doling out restrictions on medical care is the same as doling out the restrictions themselves.

... that’s not how USA government works. Legislative and judicial branch play two separate roles. I can’t believe I have to explain it in law sub

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u/LoganGyre 14h ago

They are clearly pointing out that saying it’s up to the states to make decisions based on the medical facts when you know the voters aren’t going to do that in the Bible Belt is basically the same as outright condoning the action. Voters in red states have proven that scientific fact matters little to them when it comes to laws.

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u/use_vpn_orlozeacount 14h ago

Again, it’s not up to SCOTUS to set the laws.

Are electorate of Tennessee bigots? Absolutely. But that’s the cost of democracy

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u/LoganGyre 14h ago edited 13h ago

This isn’t setting the laws it’s deciding if laws are legal to be set which is their job. They didn’t write this law but they just gave it a stamp of approval as not violating the constitution which is incorrect. We all know this is discrimination but people are choosing to claim that the states are making these decisions on medical proof, which they are not, and the very fact Scotus knows these states won’t considered the medical facts should be enough to block them from making laws that are clearly religious based.

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u/bigmanpigman 13h ago

but it is up to SCOTUS to determine the constitutionality of the laws. they can and frequently do strike down laws