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Multiple judges call out DOJ's methods of defending its invasive trans care subpoenas
A trio of public rulings, including one on Friday, all side with providers. Two rulings also raised sharp questions about DOJ's moves in recent months.
Nov 24
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Kim Davis is done. The Supreme Court is not reconsidering Obergefell. What happens now?
There is a reason people were afraid that the Supreme Court would take up case. The reason is the Supreme Court itself. Here's why I'm taking this whole…
Nov 11
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SCOTUS lets Trump administration implement anti-trans, anti-nonbinary passport policy
The Democratic appointees, led by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, dissented. The ruling, which applies during litigation, effectively reverses two lower…
Nov 6
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Dick Cheney, who died Monday, was an early GOP voice for treating same-sex couples fairly
"Freedom means freedom for everybody," Cheney said at the 2000 vice presidential debate. It doesn't change his legacy, but it is something we should…
Nov 4
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Supreme Court likely to strike down Colorado's conversion therapy ban
A lesson in how defining the case often resolves the case.
Oct 7
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It's already time for a new SCOTUS term. Or, the summer that wasn't.
A look back, a look ahead. And, for paid subscribers: Closing my tabs.
Oct 5
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SCOTUS rejects S.C. request to enforce anti-trans restroom policy against trans student
The boy, known as John Doe, will be allowed to use the boys' restroom while litigation proceeds. Also: About the administrative stays Chief Justice…
Sep 10
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Chris Geidner
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Feds indict LGBTQ org lawyer over testimony in Alabama "judge-shopping" investigation
In an indictment unsealed Monday, Lambda Legal counsel Carl Charles faces a felony charge of making a false declaration to the investigating judicial…
Sep 9
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Two cases, involving 20 people, show how dangerous the attack on trans people has gotten
DOJ wants to send 19 trans women to men's prisons. South Carolina wants to keep one trans boy out of the boys' restroom. And, for paid subscribers…
Sep 8
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Judge orders DOJ to give more info on subpoenas targeting trans minors' medical care
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia staff warned of "traumatic" effects if forced to provide patient information to the Trump admin. DOJ called the…
Aug 21
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Appeals court reverses course, upholding Arkansas's ban on trans medical care for minors
The law has been on hold since 2021, but, after June's Supreme Court ruling addressing a similar Tennessee law, the Eighth Circuit upheld Arkansas's…
Aug 12
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Trans, nonbinary passport protections remain in effect, judge rules
Judge Kobick denied DOJ's request to allow State to enforce Rubio's anti-trans/anti-nonbinary passport policy after the SCOTUS Skrmetti decision, but…
Jul 11
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