Episode 784: United States v. Skrmetti
Newt's World
Gingrich 360
4.6 • 6.4K Ratings
🗓️ 7 December 2024
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Newt talks with Sarah Parshall Perry, a senior legal fellow at the Heritage Foundation, about the Supreme Court case United States v. Skrmetti, which involves three transgender teens challenging Tennessee Senate Bill 1. This bill prohibits medical treatments that allow minors to identify with a gender different from their sex assigned at birth. The plaintiffs argue that the law violates the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment. The case has significant implications as it could affect similar laws in 26 other states. Perry provides an in-depth analysis of the legal arguments, the role of the Supreme Court, and the broader implications for parental rights and state authority. The conversation also touches on the evolving science and public policy regarding gender-affirming care for minors, as well as the potential impact of the Supreme Court's decision on future legislation and parental rights.
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| 0:00.0 | It's hard to read the news these days without asking yourself, how did we get here? |
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| 0:35.5 | On this episode of Nutsworld, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Wednesday in United |
| 0:41.8 | States v. Scrametti. The case involves three transgender teens, along with their parents, |
| 0:48.0 | who are challenging Tennessee Senate Bill 1, which prohibits all medical treatments intended to allow, quote, a minor to identify |
| 0:57.0 | with or live as a purported identity inconsistent with the minor sex, or to treat, quote, |
| 1:04.9 | purported discomfort or distress from a discordance between the minor sex and asserted identity, close quote. They assert that the law |
| 1:13.8 | violates the Equal Protection Clause for the 14th Amendment to the Constitution. In more basic terms, |
| 1:20.9 | the transgender teens and their parents want gender affirming care for transgender minors under the age of 18, |
| 1:27.2 | and the state of Tennessee does not. |
| 1:29.7 | Here to talk about the case and the oral arguments before the Supreme Court. |
| 1:34.1 | I'm really pleased to welcome my guest, Sarah Partial Perry. |
| 1:38.9 | She is a senior legal fellow for the Edwin-Ree's Third Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at the Heritage Foundation. |
| 1:56.7 | Sarah, welcome and thank you for joining me on Neut's World. |
| 2:00.5 | Thank you so much for having me. |
| 2:02.5 | Well, I said you're at a great place, and Ed Meese is a remarkable giant who has done so many good things. |
| 2:08.6 | It must be a great honor to be able to work with him. |
| 2:11.4 | It's wonderful. |
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