Where States Rights' Meet Equal Protection
Welcome to another edition of Amicus: A Law Review with Jim Santelle. It has been a legal whirlwind of a week, and Jim Santelle breaks down a controversial week at the Supreme Court for you across the airwaves. The Justices upheld a Tennessee law banning medical treatments for transgender youth, sparking fierce debate on equal protection and states’ rights. Justice Roberts leaned on legislative deference, while Sonia Sotomayor’s dissent warned against abandoning judicial review.
Meanwhile, the court also navigated environmental jurisdiction in cases about nuclear waste and refinery…
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