In U.S. v. Skrmetti, the Supreme Court will consider a Tennessee law that bans gender transition treatments for minors.
More than 20 states have passed laws that block minors’ access to puberty blockers, hormone therapy, or gender-affirming surgery.
The drugs in question can be used to treat other medical conditions unrelated to gender identification.
Tennessee’s law, which was enacted in March, prohibits health care providers from providing hormones or puberty blockers to “enable a minor to identify with, or live as, a purported identity inconsistent with the minor’s sex”
Two transgender boys and one transgender girl are challenging the law, claiming that it violates the 14th Amendment’s equal protection clause.
A federal district court struck down the Tennessee law, and that decision was overturned on appeal.
Germain told Newsweek that he would be “very surprised” if the Supreme Court struck down the Tennessee law.
“Allowing the use of drugs for certain conditions and not others does not strike me as violating equal protection. But it’s the ultimate political hot potato these days,” he said.
Age Verification for Porn Sites
In Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Paxton, the court will consider a Texas law that requires porn websites to verify a user’s age.
The Texas law, enacted in June 2023, required that users be 18 or over to view content on adult websites where one-third of the content could be harmful to minors. In addition, porn websites must display health warnings about the psychological risks of adult material.
A model wearing a medal promoting Pornhub in Rio de Janeiro on August 4, 2016. The Supreme Court is to consider the legality of age verification requirements for porn sites.
A model wearing a medal promoting Pornhub in Rio de Janeiro on August 4, 2016. The Supreme Court is to consider the legality of age verification requirements for porn sites.
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There has been a growing trend of introducing such laws.
Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, Utah and Virginia have all enacted age verification laws.
Eric C. Chaffee, a law professor at Case Western Reserve University in Ohio, told Newsweek that the case will test the limits of free speech.
“Even with this high standard for restrictions on speech, opponents of age-verification laws may have a difficult time prevailing in this case. They argue that these kinds of age-verification laws are an attempt to burden adult access to constitutionally protected speech. Protecting children has long been held by the Supreme Court to be a compelling government interest,” he said.
“The case will turn on whether the Court believes that age-verification provides the least restrictive means of protecting minors from pornography in cyberspace.”
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