The Democratic appointees, led by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, dissented. The ruling, which applies during litigation, effectively reverses two lower court rulings.
This is horrible and exposes trans folk being outed at every turn. As a Canadian trans woman, I use my passport for more than simply crossing borders. My driver’s license and passport are often used at banking institutions, lawyers offices and government buildings to confirm my identity for reasons other than confirming my gender. Thus, in each circumstance I will be outed as trans even when this fact is not relevant to the particular situation. It’s demeaning and can cause undue embarrassment or possible danger if some psycho happens to see the documents. Further, I am quite sure Mr. Trump would not like to have his actual weight emblazoned on all of his identification documents.
If the president and politicians had as much courage as trans people, immigrants and minorities, there would be a lot more getting done than there is. All minorities are living in a hostile world presently and should be commended for their courage unlike the cowardly politicians.
And the bitterly ironic thing is that they are, in fact, a real minority—the white, racist, bigoted elite dispensing edicts for the many who find this needless … and heartless.
The present Supreme Court is corrupt. They aren’t interpreting the law, but making it. They are ignoring their oath. One of the first thing that the Democrats need to do when they take power is increase the number of Justices, establish ethics and standards which are enforceable, and impeach the Justices already on the bench who have blatantly broken the law. That can’t happen soon enough!
I believe Germany or some other European country recently enacted a law allowing any resident to change their sex on identity documents at will. That’s not a complete solution, but does nicely bypass much of what the transgender folks are unhappy about.
For a small percentage of the population, sexuality is a very complicated subject that will never be handled well by those insisting that there are just two sexes.
“Displaying passport holders’ sex at birth no more offends equal protection principles than displaying their country of birth—in both cases, the Government is merely attesting to a historical fact without subjecting anyone to differential treatment.“
Tell that to the 6 million Jews who died in the Holocaust.
Also quite evident—this Court no longer respects the findings of its lower courts. I guess the law is black-and-white after all. And that justice isn’t a matter of colorblindness … but tunnel vision.
The "decision" is specious and ignores the potential consequences. My grandson (who has traveled abroad) now will need to be careful where he travels. Even "safe" countries have people who would use the contrast between his lived gender and what is on his passport as an excuse for abuse or unlawful detentions. I doubt that he would travel out of country under those circumstances, but it is a grotesque abuse of both executive and judicial powers to allow this intrusion into his private life. I hope I live long enough to see Trump & Company gone, and three members of the Supreme Court replaced, by whatever means, including old age. I don't like wishing death on anyone, even people as distorted as this group, but that is essentially what they are doing to people I care about.
Hmm, is it any wonder that the conservatives on the Court - one-third of which have credible sexual misconduct complaints - and a conservative administration - the leader of which has been found to have committed a forced sexual assault - prefer gender clarification … for future assaults?
“Displaying passport holders’ sex at birth no more offends equal protection principles than displaying their country of birth—in both cases, the Government is merely attesting to a historical fact without subjecting anyone to differential treatment.“
Absolute horseshit. And an utterly appalling order.
I don't believe Gorsuch would write anything resembling the Bostock opinion today. That was before the Republican Party decided to go all in on the trans panic. It's clear now that the conservative majority will not stand in the way of any discriminatory policy related to trans people.
It appears to me that not only have Trump and MAGA lost any credibility but the Supreme Court has joined them.
What has already happened to the USA and is continuing, even worsening under Trump is appalling, sickening, obnoxious, frightening and indisputably so.
“Displaying passport holders’ sex at birth no more offends equal protection principles than displaying their country of birth—in both cases, the Government is merely attesting to a historical fact without subjecting anyone to differential treatment.“
This makes as much sense as requiring our driver’s licenses to show the color of our hair and eyes at birth even though they may change.
This is horrible and exposes trans folk being outed at every turn. As a Canadian trans woman, I use my passport for more than simply crossing borders. My driver’s license and passport are often used at banking institutions, lawyers offices and government buildings to confirm my identity for reasons other than confirming my gender. Thus, in each circumstance I will be outed as trans even when this fact is not relevant to the particular situation. It’s demeaning and can cause undue embarrassment or possible danger if some psycho happens to see the documents. Further, I am quite sure Mr. Trump would not like to have his actual weight emblazoned on all of his identification documents.
Trans people … children of immigrants … indefensible acts against those with little defense.
If the president and politicians had as much courage as trans people, immigrants and minorities, there would be a lot more getting done than there is. All minorities are living in a hostile world presently and should be commended for their courage unlike the cowardly politicians.
And the bitterly ironic thing is that they are, in fact, a real minority—the white, racist, bigoted elite dispensing edicts for the many who find this needless … and heartless.
And I totally agree with Justice Jackson — this shadow decision signals to lower courts its already-formed prejudices.
How are law schools going to teach people about the standards for injunctions? Whenever Trump is involved, all standard practices go out the window.
The present Supreme Court is corrupt. They aren’t interpreting the law, but making it. They are ignoring their oath. One of the first thing that the Democrats need to do when they take power is increase the number of Justices, establish ethics and standards which are enforceable, and impeach the Justices already on the bench who have blatantly broken the law. That can’t happen soon enough!
As long as SCOTUS deals with rules and procedures, it can avoid dealing with actual people … those nasty things outside their precious gates.
I believe Germany or some other European country recently enacted a law allowing any resident to change their sex on identity documents at will. That’s not a complete solution, but does nicely bypass much of what the transgender folks are unhappy about.
For a small percentage of the population, sexuality is a very complicated subject that will never be handled well by those insisting that there are just two sexes.
“Displaying passport holders’ sex at birth no more offends equal protection principles than displaying their country of birth—in both cases, the Government is merely attesting to a historical fact without subjecting anyone to differential treatment.“
Tell that to the 6 million Jews who died in the Holocaust.
Also quite evident—this Court no longer respects the findings of its lower courts. I guess the law is black-and-white after all. And that justice isn’t a matter of colorblindness … but tunnel vision.
The "decision" is specious and ignores the potential consequences. My grandson (who has traveled abroad) now will need to be careful where he travels. Even "safe" countries have people who would use the contrast between his lived gender and what is on his passport as an excuse for abuse or unlawful detentions. I doubt that he would travel out of country under those circumstances, but it is a grotesque abuse of both executive and judicial powers to allow this intrusion into his private life. I hope I live long enough to see Trump & Company gone, and three members of the Supreme Court replaced, by whatever means, including old age. I don't like wishing death on anyone, even people as distorted as this group, but that is essentially what they are doing to people I care about.
Hmm, is it any wonder that the conservatives on the Court - one-third of which have credible sexual misconduct complaints - and a conservative administration - the leader of which has been found to have committed a forced sexual assault - prefer gender clarification … for future assaults?
“Displaying passport holders’ sex at birth no more offends equal protection principles than displaying their country of birth—in both cases, the Government is merely attesting to a historical fact without subjecting anyone to differential treatment.“
Absolute horseshit. And an utterly appalling order.
I don't believe Gorsuch would write anything resembling the Bostock opinion today. That was before the Republican Party decided to go all in on the trans panic. It's clear now that the conservative majority will not stand in the way of any discriminatory policy related to trans people.
Yeah. Until Skremetti I actually had some hope for him.
Finally, I have to wonder whether this decision is a trade-off for the Court having to slap Trump’s wrist on tariffs?
It appears to me that not only have Trump and MAGA lost any credibility but the Supreme Court has joined them.
What has already happened to the USA and is continuing, even worsening under Trump is appalling, sickening, obnoxious, frightening and indisputably so.
Wtf scotus is completely insane
“Displaying passport holders’ sex at birth no more offends equal protection principles than displaying their country of birth—in both cases, the Government is merely attesting to a historical fact without subjecting anyone to differential treatment.“
This makes as much sense as requiring our driver’s licenses to show the color of our hair and eyes at birth even though they may change.
This case illustrates the difference between equal treatment and equal protection. For some, the treatment is the opposite of protection.