The Supreme Court issued its highly anticipated decision in United States v. Skrmetti, which focused on the constitutionality of Tennessee’s ban on “gender-affirming care” for minors.
Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the majority opinion, which was released on June 18 and denied that Tennessee had engaged in a form of sex-based discrimination that warranted greater scrutiny from courts. The decision denied the Biden administration’s request to send the case back to the appeals court for further review of whether the law violated the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment.
