TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Dec 3, 2024

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments tomorrow in a case challenging the constitutionality of Tennessee’s ban on transgender procedures and treatments for minors. Arguments will begin at 10 a.m. EST. Tennessee Solicitor General Matt Rice will defend the law before the court while Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti will speak to the media following the proceeding. Opposing the law will be American Civil Liberties Union lawyer Chase Strangio, the first openly transgender attorney to represent clients before the nation’s highest court. The Associated Press reports that Strangio has been instrumental in several trans-related legal battles, including representing former Army Intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning, challenging a ban on transgender people serving in the military, and assisting with an LGBT worker discrimination case that went to the high court. Strangio will share time with lawyers for the Biden administration, Bloomberg Law reports. An audio recording of the arguments will be available on the court’s website after the session.