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From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.

Does the Constitution protect hormone therapies for transgender adolescents?

The federal government argues that the answer is yes, in a case being heard today by the Supreme Court,

which could have wide-ranging implications for other areas of the law.

Welcome, I'm Kyle Peterson with the Wall Street Journal.

We're joined today by my colleagues, columnist Alicia Finley, and editorial board member Manet Uckwe-Baruwa.

After a few big recent terms, the Supreme Court had a couple of quiet months since coming back into session this

October, hearing cases that are important to the parties, but not any real blockbusters.

That changes today, however, in U.S. versus Scermetti.

This is a challenge by the federal government to a law in Tennessee prohibiting doctors from

administering medical treatments to minors

if the purpose of the treatment is to enable a gender transition or to address purported

discomfort or distress from a discordance between the minor sex and asserted identity. The government

is arguing that this is a violation of the 14th Amendment's guarantee of

equal protection of the laws.

Let's listen to a bit of Justice Elena Kagan.

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