transgender people don’t deserve such protection
Editor's note · Context
Barrett argues against legal protections for transgender individuals in her concurring opinion.
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Legislatures have many valid reasons to make policy in these areas, and so long as a statute is a rational means of pursuing a legitimate end, the Equal Protection Clause is satisfied.
Even if a law does clearly and undeniably discriminate on the basis of transgender status, then it still wouldn’t trigger heightened scrutiny.
As Justice Kagan said, federal judges across the country, throughout the judiciary, including the Supreme Court, continue to do their jobs without fear or favor, but the threat level is really high.
That seems pretty empty because it would be just kind of throwing a number out there for the sake of throwing a number.





