{"id":12340,"date":"2025-06-30T15:20:57","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T15:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firearmman.com\/?p=12340"},"modified":"2025-06-30T15:20:58","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T15:20:58","slug":"supreme-court-throws-out-appellate-rulings-in-favor-of-transgender-people-in-4-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firearmman.com\/?p=12340","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court throws out appellate rulings in favor of transgender people in 4 states"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-testid=\"prism-article-body\">\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \"><span class=\"oyrPY qlwaB AGxeB  \">WASHINGTON &#8212; <\/span>WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/us-supreme-court\">The Supreme Court<\/a> on Monday threw out appellate rulings in favor of transgender people in four states following the justices&#8217; recent decision <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/transgender-care-minors-ban-supreme-court-tennessee-2222e833fdbb51d5afb93a09fd47fc43\">upholding a Tennessee ban<\/a> on certain medical treatment for transgender youths.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">But the justices took no action in cases from Arizona, Idaho and West Virginia involving the participation of transgender students on school sports teams. The court could say as soon as Thursday whether it will take up the issue in its next term.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The high court ordered appellate judges to reexamine cases from Idaho, North Carolina, Oklahoma and West Virginia involving access to medical care and <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/tennessee-birth-certificates-transgender-policy-7cad2460d7fcb06d0aff1a2849ab1f33\">birth certificates<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The action was unsurprising because the court had set the cases aside until after it decided <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/supreme-court-transgender-health-care-trump-79fc6f3bbdab2e92d6f0184201a468a9\">the Tennessee case<\/a>, as typically happens when the same legal issue is being considered.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The rulings all included findings that the restrictions on transgender people imposed by the states violate the Constitution&#8217;s equal protection clause.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">In the Tennessee case, the Supreme Court ruled that there was no constitutional violation in a state law prohibiting puberty blockers and hormone therapy to treat gender dysphoria in people younger than 18.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The justices ordered the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia, to review its decision that West Virginia\u2019s and North Carolina\u2019s refusal to cover certain health care for transgender people with government-sponsored insurance is discriminatory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will get back a case from Idaho stemming from the state&#8217;s ban on certain surgical procedures for Medicaid recipients.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver will review its ruling blocking an Oklahoma ban on people changing their gender on birth certificates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">In one other case, from Kentucky, the justices rejected the appeal of transgender minors and their families challenging that state\u2019s ban on gender-affirming care. <\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">___<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">Follow the AP&#8217;s coverage of the U.S. Supreme Court at <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/us-supreme-court\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/us-supreme-court<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON &#8212; WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 The Supreme Court on Monday threw out appellate rulings in favor of transgender people in four states following the justices&#8217; recent decision upholding a Tennessee ban on certain medical treatment for transgender youths. 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