That said, there’s no guarantee here∶ #SCOTUS under Chief Justice #JohnRoberts has shown itself willing to create new & unprecedented legal immunities for #federal misconduct without a scintilla of historical support. It could always do so here too.
Given the small number of #transgender athletes who want to compete in school sports, the issue is given ridiculously outsized attention by the #RightWing.
#law #ignorance #bigotry #LGBTQ #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #SCOTUS
The #science is still evolving when it comes to whether #transgender women have an any advantage when they compete in the women’s category of sports.
The issue is complex: Individual sports rely on different physical & physiological attributes, & athletes undergo their gender #transition at different times, in different ways.
#law #ignorance #bigotry #LGBTQ #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #SCOTUS
#SCOTUS Hears Challenge to Bans on #Transgender Athletes
Two cases before the justices on Tuesday could affect laws in 27 #states that prohibit transgender girls from joining girls’ & women’s sports teams.
#law #ignorance #bigotry #LGBTQ #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01/13/us/supreme-court-trans-athletes?smid=nytcore-ios-share
In 2026, the justices are expected to decide whether #Trump may end #BirthrightCitizenship through executive order, unilaterally impose sweeping global #tariffs & dismiss a governor from the #FederalReserve based on disputed allegations of mortgage fraud.
Link to Roberts’ year end report →
https://www.supremecourt.gov/publicinfo/year-end/2025year-endreport.pdf
& require the sex designation on #US #passports to align with the holder’s #BiologicalSex. Last week, the court temporarily blocked Trump from deploying the National Guard in Chicago.
In all, #SCOTUS has sided with #Trump this year in more than 80% of the emergency appeals filed by the #DOJ.
The court, on its regular docket, handed Trump an important win in June by limiting the power of federal #courts to temporarily block his policies.
Many of those decisions have overturned lower courts with little-to-no explanation, prompting sharp & unusual criticism from a few lower court #judges….
#SCOTUS has allowed the #Trump admin in recent months to cancel foreign #aid & #PublicHealth funding; temporarily fire the leadership of many #independent agencies; stop & interrogate people about their #immigration status based on their apparent #ethnicity, #language or presence at a particular location;
#Trump has questioned the legitimacy of #courts that paused his policies & called for the impeachment of #judges who ruled against him.
Many of those cases have wound up on #SCOTUS’ emergency, or “shadow,” docket, where Trump has often found a more receptive audience among the court’s 6-justice conservative majority.
“This arrangement, now in place for 236 years, has served the country well,” Roberts wrote in the report, which was released by #SCOTUS hours before the start of the new year.
Roberts’ history-heavy statement made no mention of #Trump, nor the intense conflict that has cropped up between federal #courts & the #WhiteHouse since his 2nd inauguration nearly a year ago.
What a joke
#JohnRoberts' annual report
The chief justice touted #JudicialIndependence & urged Americans to keep faith in the #Constitution in year-end statement
Focusing on the #DeclarationOfIndependence as the nation turns to its 250th anniversary, Roberts said the #founders chafed at the crown’s control of colonial courts & “corrected this flaw” by setting up a #judiciary that would operate without interference from the other branches.
#law #SCOTUS #PartisanCourt
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/31/politics/john-roberts-year-end-report
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