As I explained when Davis' lawyers filed this petition, there was virtually no chance that the Supreme Court would seriously consider her case. I doubt there are five votes to overturn Obergefell—but if there were, this case does not present a clean vehicle for doing so. slate.com/news-and-pol...

Good longer read on Justice Jackson’s response to a very tricky situation tonight from @stevevladeck.bsky.social: www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-wtf

Like much federal law enforcement under Trump's control, the Federal Protective Service has a serious problem with the truth, and keeps submitting false information to the courts. One major whopper clinched the government's (temporary) victory in the Portland case! slate.com/news-and-pol...

With the great @leahlitman.bsky.social of course!!!

this is trolling right? you can't be one of the justices who overturned roe and say this earnestly.

Jackson says the decision is "more than merely regrettable. It is an abdication of the Court's duty to ensure that equitable standards apply equally to all litigants—to transgender people and the Government alike." And she faults the majority for ignoring "the animus evident in the Executive Order."

Jackson's dissent, joined by Sotomayor and Kagan, says the evidence showed that gender-incongruent passports led to humiliating, invasive searches of trans Americans (including strip searches) since their gender marker didn't align with their appearance. The policy is both cruel and irrational.