A Supreme Court Justice triggered backlash after she compared the case weighing in on states banning gender transitions for minors to past state laws of banning interracial marriage
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was slammed on Wednesday after she compared a Tennessee law banning gender transitions for minors to past laws banning interracial marriage.
Jackson and the other justices heard over two hours of oral arguments during the U.S. v. Skrmetti case, which involves the constitutionality of state laws banning gender transition medical procedures for minors.
U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar argued that state laws have the effect of “sex discrimination”, since the minor’s gender is key when determining specific medical treatments for those seeking to transition.
After Prelogar’s remarks and exchanges with the other justices, Jackson said that she saw a “parallel” between U.
