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US judge declines to pause challenge to Alabama law criminalizing gender-affirming care for minors

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US District Judge Liles Burke rejected a request from the US government to stay the case while appeals courts determine the appropriate standard of review for state bans on gender-affirming care for transgender youth, which is a central issue to the case before Burke.

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Restrictions on gender-affirming medical care – and assault weapons

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Kentucky ex rel. Last year, Tennessee and Kentucky were among a group of more than 20 states that enacted laws that prohibit giving transgender youths under the age of 18 medical treatment to align their appearance with their gender identity. Kentucky and Tennessee then asked the U.S. Skrmetti , L. Skrmetti , and Jane Doe 1 v.

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Georgia man sentenced to death challenges state’s striking of Black jurors

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Share The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. Kentucky , the Supreme Court ruled that it is unconstitutional to strike jurors in a criminal trial because of their race. Kentucky under Section 2254(d)(1).

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