It shouldn't be controversial for states to pass laws that require young people to be at an age of consent (typically adulthood, which legally begins at 18) to make literal life altering decisions.
Thankfully the highest court in the land concurred.
The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that states have the constitutional right to pass laws protecting children from irreversible transgender medical interventions.
In a 6-3 ruling the court upheld a Tennessee law prohibiting minors from attempting to medically change their sex.
Chief Justice John Roberts delivered the opinion of the court, in which Justices Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett joined. Justice Samuel Alito, a George W. Bush appointee, agreed with large parts of the opinion. The court’s three liberal justices—Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Ketanji Brown Jackson—dissented.
The court held that Tennessee’s law “satisfies rational basis review,” rejecting plaintiffs’ claims that the law discriminates against people on the basis of gender identity.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, a Republican, signed SB1—a bill banning puberty blockers, hormone replacement regimens, and transgender surgeries for children—into law on March 22, 2023.
In her dissenting opinion, Sotomayor sounded more like a demagogic leftwing legislator than a member of the judiciary branch.
"The majority subjects a law that plainly discriminates on the basis of sex to mere rational-basis review," Sotomayor wrote. "By retreating from meaningful judicial review exactly where it matters most, the Court abandons transgender children and their families to political whims. In sadness, I dissent."
In the concurring opinion, Justice Barrett indicates transgenderism is not a "suspect class."
I guess we're getting a sneak preview of perhaps the next major legal battle.
- Let's be clear: Iran is the largest, most prolific state sponsor of Islamic terror in the world. For the leaders of that country to develop nuclear capabilities would be apocalyptic. So the Israeli military conducting multiple precise missile strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities does not equate to America "entering a new war."
And for those beating the drum that "aMeRiCaNs ArE tIrEd Of FoReVeR wArS iN tHe MiDdLe EaSt," I would concur. Except most Americans realize that's not what's happening. Nor is it on the brink of occurring.
As I said yesterday on @AmericaRpts, the so called split on the right over Iran having a nuke is completely overblown pic.twitter.com/GlNuVmpl21
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) June 18, 2025
Oof. Tucker Carlson's isolationist grift efforts are the hardest hit.
- A lotta leftists (and non-Trump Republicans) got in a twist over the President's blunt answer to the question of whether he'd reach out to Gov. Tim Walz in the aftermath of the murders and attempted murders of Minnesota legislators and their spouses.
COLLINS: Have you called Tim Walz yet?
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 17, 2025
TRUMP: I don't really call him. He appointed this guy to a position. I think the governor of Minnesota is so whacked out. I'm not calling him ... he's a mess. pic.twitter.com/81o4oSqyR7
One of the more visceral reactions came from current Democratic National Committee chair (and former MN DFL chair) Ken Martin.
Guess what, @realDonaldTrump, you're a small, petty, insecure man and no one cares if you call them or not. Your words ring hollow and no one believes anything you say - so you're right why waste the Governors time calling him, the last thing he needs is your fake sympathy.… https://t.co/LrJtGgGnR9
— Ken Martin (@kenmartin73) June 17, 2025
Kenny could get away with this brand of unhinged lunacy at the state level due to Minnesota not having a competent oppositional party. But now that he's at the helm of a national party hemorrhaging support (and money) while showing no desire to moderate even a little shows this clown is in way over his head.
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