Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas wrote that transgender language is a “lie to the public” in a Tuesday opinion, concurring with a ruling that blocks athletes who were assigned to the male sex at birth from competing against biological women. “Men and boys with gender dysphoria are not women or girls, even if they believe…
The Supreme Court gutted one of President Trump's signature policies, rejecting his effort to end birthright citizenship. Jan Crawford has more details.
The Supreme Court justices weighed in on whether states can ban transgender athletes from competing in female school and college sports. Jan Crawford has more.
A conservative majority on the Supreme Court upheld state bans on transgender athletes in female sports. NBC News’ Stephanie Gosk reports.
Republican-appointed Justice Clarence Thomas tore into transgenderism as a "lie to the public" in his concurrence on the Supreme Court's decision to uphold state-level policies restricting girls' sports to biological females.
Legal analyst Lisa Rubin characterized Justice Clarence Thomas' birthright citizenship dissent as "disappointing" during an MS NOW discussion following the Supreme Court's 6-3 ruling upholding birthright citizenship in Trump v. Barbara. Rubin said Thomas was "picking up a thread that Solicitor General John Sauer left for him" and "taking the bait" by drawing a distinction between Black Americans and children of "foreign temporary visitors." In his dissent, joined by Justice Neil Gorsuch, Thomas argued the 14th Amendment was written to confer citizenship on enslaved people's children, not temporary visitors' children, citing the Dred Scott decision and quoting Frederick Douglass. Rubin predicted the distinction would not resonate with civil rights advocates, noting, large swaths of the civil rights movement will not accept this argument given decades of shared organizing between the NAACP and immigrant rights groups. Chief Justice Roberts authored the majority opinion, joined by three liberal justices and Justice Amy Coney Barrett.Watch the video below. Your browser does not support the video tag.
Justice Clarence Thomas shredded the Supreme Court‘s ruling striking down President Donald Trump‘s birthright citizenship order on Tuesday, accusing the majority ruling of using an “alternative history” of the 14th Amendment and expressing dismay over how it “devalues” citizenship. The high court ruled 5-4 that the 14th Amendment provides citizenship to children born in the […]
The Supreme Court ruling that upholds states’ rights to ban transgender athletes from competing in girls and women’ sports provoked wailing from by the usual suspects.
The consensus view wins out at the Supreme Court, amid varied conservative dissents.