The U.S. Supreme Court is allowing Idaho's ban on transgender procedures on youth amid ongoing legal battles, overturning decisions made by lower courts.
Monday’s ruling overturned a previous decision by a district court judge in the state
A divided Supreme Court on Monday allowed Idaho to proceed with enforcement of a new law aimed at prohibiting gender-affirming care for minors.
Idaho is among 24 states that have laws and policies restricting minor
The Supreme Court on Monday allowed Idaho officials to temporarily enforce a strict statewide ban on gender-affirming care for most minors, in one of the first such cases to reach the nation’s highest court. In an emergency request filed in February, Idaho asked the justices to block a lower court’s order that halted implementation of the law. Signed by Republican Gov. Brad Little last year, the law makes it a felony to provide medical treatment – such as puberty-blocking drugs, hormone therapy...
WASHINGTON — A divided Supreme Court on Monday allowed Idaho to mostly enforce a law that bans gender-affirming health care for transgender teenagers. Granting an emergency request filed by Idaho officials, the court said the law enacted, which was last year, could go into effect statewide but cannot be applied against the two plaintiffs who challenged it. The court's three liberal justices objected to the decision, saying the law should have remained blocked in full. U.S. District Court Judge...
Ten judges with the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis heard arguments over a
By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal appeals court is hearing arguments over Arkansas’ first-in-the-nation ban on gender-affirming care for minors. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday will hear Arkansas’ appeal of a ruling striking down the 2021 law as unconstitutional. The full court rather than a
Federal appeals court hearing arguments on nation's first ban on gender-affirming care for minors
A federal appeals court is hearing arguments over Arkansas' first-in-the-nation ban on gender-affirming care for minors
The Supreme Court ruled against allowing transgender treatments to be provided in Idaho while a lawsuit proceeds. The Vulnerable Child Protection Act was passed in 2023 and banned treatments including puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and corrective surgeries for minors. The law had been blocked by a lower court that said that treatments could continue while the lawsuit continued. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote that the lower court had gone farther than was necessary. The three...
An attorney representing voters accused of fraud in the 2016 election warned North Carolina’s highest court that their eventual decision could allow political operatives to make voter fraud allegations without consequence — but the justices had several questions.