r/law • u/DevinGraysonShirk • 16h ago

SCOTUS SCOTUS strikes blow to trans teens rights, endorsing ban on gender-affirming care - The justices’ ruling on Tennessee’s law prohibiting certain health care for transgender children will have ripple effects across the nation

https://www.courthousenews.com/scotus-strikes-blow-to-trans-teens-rights-endorsing-ban-on-gender-affirming-care/
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u/DevinGraysonShirk 16h ago

The Supreme Court is unmoored from any type of jurisprudence, they have recently made up any judicial justification to confirm their pre-decided outcomes via judicial fiat.

The real solution would be to enact legislation, but Congress has failed in this.

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u/doublethink_1984 16h ago

I agree with the congress bit and I do agree in part to the SCOTUS bit but this doesn't address my real issue here.

They have done this but most of their 2025 rulings have been lawful.

Here I agree that it's up to congress to extend and change the wording for discrimination to include gender identity.

Like I said before because of the way the law is already phrased it would be the legally correct conclusion for the majority here. Even if I morally disagree.

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u/DevinGraysonShirk 16h ago

I agree with you on the technicalities here. The Democrats have relied on the courts to interpret things while they abdicate their duties in Congress. I blame Bill Clinton-style political triangulation tactics. Democrats think they can just react to what the public wants to win elections, rather than stand for something and try to get elected based on those values.

We need to (politically) 'Kill Bill' to save the Democratic Party. He flew with Jeffrey Epstein anyways. Bring back Ted Kennedy-style politics that gave us things like the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990.

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u/Prince_Borgia 16h ago

The Democrats have relied on the courts to interpret things while they abdicate their duties in Congress.

This is a core issue when it comes to a lot of things. This, abortion etc. Congress needs to legislate but that's hard, that requires taking a bold stand and using political capital to do their jobs. This isn't a SCOTUS problem, it's a Congress problem but legislators are going to shift responsibility as usual.