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i haven't had time to read the arguments or the opinion. do they deal with evolution and climate change opt outs? that seems like a serious problem for public education that this rule might extend to.
July 8, 2025 at 4:37 PM
i haven't had time to read the arguments or the opinion. do they deal with evolution and climate change opt outs? that seems like a serious problem for public education that this rule might extend to.
heightened scrutiny is dead bc of sports; see forthcoming BPJ and Hecox ops. animus is the only argument. the differential treatment of precocious puberty and dysphoria was as good a place to raise it as any. it will also be key to bathrooms post sports. shrug!
July 3, 2025 at 6:50 PM
heightened scrutiny is dead bc of sports; see forthcoming BPJ and Hecox ops. animus is the only argument. the differential treatment of precocious puberty and dysphoria was as good a place to raise it as any. it will also be key to bathrooms post sports. shrug!
well they noted it hadn't been raised, dunno!
July 3, 2025 at 6:46 PM
well they noted it hadn't been raised, dunno!
well as i’ve long said i thought the strategy should have been animus under rational basis review, but that’s hopeless for sports so they had to aim higher. (too high.)
June 19, 2025 at 3:42 PM
well as i’ve long said i thought the strategy should have been animus under rational basis review, but that’s hopeless for sports so they had to aim higher. (too high.)
well puberty blockers weren’t even available in the US until fairly recently, so it’s unavailable—>available—>state by state patchwork; i don’t think the context is too different
June 19, 2025 at 3:23 PM
well puberty blockers weren’t even available in the US until fairly recently, so it’s unavailable—>available—>state by state patchwork; i don’t think the context is too different
i think kagan is gettable on sports now.
June 19, 2025 at 3:19 PM
i think kagan is gettable on sports now.
and DOMA and mini DOMAs were what?
June 19, 2025 at 3:17 PM
and DOMA and mini DOMAs were what?
i thought it was great! though, yes, i would have liked some more thorough explication of how my bostock theory was vindicated. :)
June 19, 2025 at 3:12 PM
i thought it was great! though, yes, i would have liked some more thorough explication of how my bostock theory was vindicated. :)
great piece. i was highlighting these aspects of the ST story to sandeep on the other microblogging platform. yours is more detailed. "Some providers started construction in 2020 or 2021, when interest rates were low, then saw their expenses balloon as construction costs rose across the country..."
June 18, 2025 at 4:43 PM
great piece. i was highlighting these aspects of the ST story to sandeep on the other microblogging platform. yours is more detailed. "Some providers started construction in 2020 or 2021, when interest rates were low, then saw their expenses balloon as construction costs rose across the country..."
not on point re facts but BABY DOE is a great documentary if you get the chance to see it.
June 11, 2025 at 7:22 PM
not on point re facts but BABY DOE is a great documentary if you get the chance to see it.
agree but sometimes the examples i see are so ridiculously assimilated it's hard to imagine any extension. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/u...
‘Carol,’ Whose Detention Rattled Her Small Missouri Town, Is Released
Ming Li Hui’s detention by the immigration authorities brought the reality of President Trump’s immigration crackdown to rural Missouri, where supporters rallied for her freedom.
www.nytimes.com
June 11, 2025 at 7:18 PM
agree but sometimes the examples i see are so ridiculously assimilated it's hard to imagine any extension. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/u...
i think one big reason all this is happening is pretty much all anyone had in their heads in 2010 was bathrooms and in 2025 a big section of the opinion was about the obvious issues sports inclusion raises.
April 23, 2025 at 8:45 PM
i think one big reason all this is happening is pretty much all anyone had in their heads in 2010 was bathrooms and in 2025 a big section of the opinion was about the obvious issues sports inclusion raises.
i know that i'm a lawyer and most people aren't, but why isn't anyone being like, obviously the ruling was about the language of the statute, not metaphysics.
April 23, 2025 at 8:42 PM
i know that i'm a lawyer and most people aren't, but why isn't anyone being like, obviously the ruling was about the language of the statute, not metaphysics.
yes, but arguendo because the advocates conceded the issue, indicating both that they could win with it and that it would be challenging to dispute with plain meaning and an old statute. i'll have to read more about the GRA i guess.
April 18, 2025 at 7:07 PM
yes, but arguendo because the advocates conceded the issue, indicating both that they could win with it and that it would be challenging to dispute with plain meaning and an old statute. i'll have to read more about the GRA i guess.
err, Equality Act, not ERA
April 17, 2025 at 10:54 PM
err, Equality Act, not ERA
pardon my ignorance: the GRA supplemented an earlier statute, & then the ERA amended that statute? couldn't it have modified the operation of the GRA? definition-wise the opinion isn't very different from the assumed definition of sex in bostock...
April 17, 2025 at 10:53 PM
pardon my ignorance: the GRA supplemented an earlier statute, & then the ERA amended that statute? couldn't it have modified the operation of the GRA? definition-wise the opinion isn't very different from the assumed definition of sex in bostock...
isn't it pretty plausible that this is what Parliament meant by sex/sexual orientation though? i don't know british statutory interpretation but the opinion doesn't seem very textualist.
April 17, 2025 at 5:44 PM
isn't it pretty plausible that this is what Parliament meant by sex/sexual orientation though? i don't know british statutory interpretation but the opinion doesn't seem very textualist.
ah yes, sorry, my bluesky attendance is spotty :)
March 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
ah yes, sorry, my bluesky attendance is spotty :)
deeply unfair? i don't think it's that unclear, and he would have demanded corrections if that wasn't an accurate quote. see also www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...
Gavin Newsom Splits With Democrats on Transgender Athletes: ‘It’s Deeply Unfair’ (Gift Article)
The remarks by Gov. Gavin Newsom of California, a potential White House hopeful, were an extraordinary break from fellow Democrats and signaled a newly defensive position on the issue.
www.nytimes.com
March 10, 2025 at 6:54 PM
deeply unfair? i don't think it's that unclear, and he would have demanded corrections if that wasn't an accurate quote. see also www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...
don't think they would have taken it if they didn't have the votes; the split has been percolating a while. but have any circuits upheld once it's speech (not conduct)? i only know 9th circuit (conduct) bc it's relevant to cyberstalking.
March 10, 2025 at 6:49 PM
don't think they would have taken it if they didn't have the votes; the split has been percolating a while. but have any circuits upheld once it's speech (not conduct)? i only know 9th circuit (conduct) bc it's relevant to cyberstalking.
don't agree with all of this but find it useful (touches on 27th): harvardlawreview.org/blog/2018/06...
The Problem with Zombie Constitutional Amendments | Harvard Law Review
Spurred by a reenergized feminist movement in the wake of Hillary Clinton’s surprising loss in the 2016 presidential election and the #MeToo movement against sexual harassment, the Illinois state l
harvardlawreview.org
January 21, 2025 at 6:09 PM
don't agree with all of this but find it useful (touches on 27th): harvardlawreview.org/blog/2018/06...
almost everything that biden's been doing on the way out broadcasts weakness, not shit stirring
January 21, 2025 at 6:05 PM
almost everything that biden's been doing on the way out broadcasts weakness, not shit stirring
half of the title ix regs are already nationally enjoined and the other half (sports) are withdrawn, so it's already happened.
January 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
half of the title ix regs are already nationally enjoined and the other half (sports) are withdrawn, so it's already happened.
well, shorthand, but is it "discrimination" in the first place, or is it permissible differential treatment. i think different bathrooms in the ordinary case are not the forbidden kind of "discrimination" period; it's not that they're harmless.
January 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
well, shorthand, but is it "discrimination" in the first place, or is it permissible differential treatment. i think different bathrooms in the ordinary case are not the forbidden kind of "discrimination" period; it's not that they're harmless.
and yeah, regs have almost no force anymore; it's all the whim of the now 6-3 scotus.
January 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
and yeah, regs have almost no force anymore; it's all the whim of the now 6-3 scotus.