US Supreme Court sidesteps ruling in transgender rights case

[DonViejo]

Source: Reuters



06 MAR 2017 AT 09:47 ET

The U.S. Supreme Court avoided a ruling on transgender rights by sending a closely watched case involving bathroom access at a Virginia high school back to a lower court on Monday after President Donald Trump rolled back protections for transgender students.

Lawyers for a transgender student named Gavin Grimm, who was born female and identifies as male, had asked the justices to decide the case despite of the Trump administration’s Feb. 22 action. The court previously had set arguments in the case for March 28.

Grimm sued the Gloucester County School Board to win the right to use the public school’s boys’ bathroom, saying the school’s refusal violated federal anti-discrimination law and the U.S. Constitution’s guarantee of equal protection under the law.

The Trump administration rescinded landmark protections for transgender students ordered by former President Barack Obama last year that had permitted them to use bathrooms that matched their gender identity.

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2017/03/us-supreme-court-sidesteps-ruling-in-transgender-rights-case/

[BumRushDaShow]

1. Saw a WaPo breaking on this

I can sortof see why this happened - mainly because since this case started up the the chain over a year before the election, the government's arguments (via several amicus briefs) essentially became null and void with the change in the administration.

[sinkingfeeling]

2. Damn.

[Behind the Aegis]

3. Too bad.

However, this case really demonstrates the "bathroom" thing isn't about protecting "women and children", and demonstrates how people using that argument to support their bigotry, are just that...bigots.