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Will SCOTUS Keep Trans Kids Out of Sports?

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Strict Scrutiny

News, Philosophy, Society & Culture, Government

4.65.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2026

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

Melissa, Leah, and Kate kick off by discussing the functional suspension of the Constitution in Minneapolis and Trump’s targeting of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. Then they dissect the arguments in a pair of cases that came before the Court last week about whether state laws barring trans girls and women from their schools’ sports teams violate the Constitution or Title IX. Finally, they break down new opinions from SCOTUS involving criminal law, the Fourth Amendment, and mail-in ballots.

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0:00.0

Struck Sturtney is brought to you by Americans United for Separation of Church and State.

0:03.9

We're all legal nerds here, and we know that precedent set in any area of the law ripples out across our lives in so many ways.

0:10.8

And our right to religious freedom is one of the most sacred areas of the law.

0:14.2

It protects almost every aspect of our daily lives.

0:17.1

Rights we all hold dear.

0:18.9

Like LGBTQ plus rights, freedom to choose the type of health care you

0:22.2

need, and ensuring a well-funded and inclusive public school system. Protecting the separation of

0:27.3

church and state is in fact protecting the very foundation of our democracy. If you're looking

0:32.2

for ways to more deeply understand the connection of and from religion to so many of the civil

0:36.7

justice issues we see today,

0:38.4

you should check out the summit for religious freedom, or SURF, an annual conference held in

0:43.4

D.C. and virtually, April 25th through 27th in 26. At SURF, advocates, organizers, faith

0:50.4

leaders, atheists, and everyone in between will come together to take on the growing

0:54.3

threats of Christian nationalism and the efforts to impose one narrow religious belief on all of us.

1:00.1

This is a movement for big change and collaboration across the entire spectrum of religious

1:04.4

belief and non-belief. It strengthens our democracy. It will protect public schools and

1:08.9

reproductive and LGBTQ plus rights and so much

1:11.8

more. So be a part of the movement that's pushing back and standing up for freedom. You can

1:16.8

register to attend today at thesurf.org. That's t-h-esr-f.org.

1:24.9

Mr. Chief Justice, please support.

1:28.3

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

1:32.3

argues against two beautiful ladies like this,

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