Mr. Chief Justice, may please support.

It's an old joke, but when I argue men,

argues against two beautiful ladies like this,

they're going to have the last word.

She spoke, not elegantly, but with unmistakable clarity.

She said,

I ask no favor for my sex.

All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks.

Thank you. Hello and welcome back to strict scrutiny, your podcast about the Supreme Court and the legal culture that surrounds it.

We're your host. I'm Melissa Murray. I'm Kate Shaw. And I'm Leah Littman. We have a big episode in store for you today. We are going to recap the U.S. Supreme Court argument in the huge

case on gender affirming care. Then we will cover the Supreme Court of the Fifth Circuit and the

Supreme Court of the District of Texas' latest forays into lawlessness before we recap the other arguments the Supreme Court heard last week.

But first, the challenge to bans on gender affirming care.

And to help us cover the argument, we are beyond delighted to have the pleasure of speaking with one of the lawyers who argued the case,

the first known transgender lawyer to argue at the U.S. Supreme Court, and previous

strict scrutiny guest, the one, the only, Chase Strangio. Welcome back to the show, Chase.

Thank you, guys. I've been very excited to come back on the show and talk to you and hear your

take on our argument. I promise I have better questions than San Alito.

Set the bar low and see if we can exceed it.

Bar in hell, as Melissa always tells us.

So, yeah, we are really excited to talk through the argument with you, Chase, you did a fantastic job.

Before we get into the details of the argument, let's maybe remind our listeners,

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