A Tennessee law prohibits transgender minors from receiving gender transition surgery and hormone therapy. Professor Kurt Lash of the University of Richmond and David Gans of the Constitutional Accountability Center join Jeffrey Rosen to debate whether the law violates the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment.

Resources:

• U.S. v. Skrmetti, Supreme Court oral argument (audio via C-SPAN; transcript)
• Kurt Lash, Amicus Curiae in Support of Respondents, U.S. v. Skrmetti
• David Gans, Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioner and Respondents in Support of Petitioner, U.S. v. Skrmetti 
• Bostock v. Clayton County (2020)
• Geduldig v. Aiello (1974)
• Loving v. Virginia (1967)

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