BREAKING: #SCOTUS rejects West Virginia’s request to enforce its anti-trans sports ban against a 12-year-old transgender girl. Justice Alito, joined by Justice Thomas, writes that he would have allowed enforcement. More to come: https://www.lawdork.com/
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SCOTUS rejects West Virginia's anti-trans sports law request

Also: Indiana has been sued over its new anti-trans law, and Tennessee faces a May trial over its drag restrictions law. And: Clarence Thomas.

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@chrisgeidner Given this court’s extensive use of the shadow docket, Alito has a lot of nerve complaining about decisions rendered without explanation. Not really surprising though.
@chrisgeidner John Roberts on the job to pretend the court is sane whenever lots of people are pissed off it's not.

@chrisgeidner Shocking that Kavanaugh voted in favor of the transgender girl.

POS Thomas is in a heap of trouble. https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-scotus-undisclosed-luxury-travel-gifts-crow

Clarence Thomas and the Billionaire

Island-hopping on a superyacht. Private jet rides around the world. The undisclosed gifts to Thomas have no known precedent in the modern history of the Supreme Court. “It’s incomprehensible to me that someone would do this,” says one former judge.

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Man, Alito's got to be hopping mad having to not have this chance to hurt a child.

How the hell did this happen?

Not to worry, he'll get his revenge in the next case... have no doubt about that.

@chrisgeidner I can’t imagined the warped minds that would go to the Supreme Court to keep a 12 year old girl off a sports team.

Of course I live in a country where mobs came out to keep 6 year olds from going to school.