Justice Neil Gorsuch, who authored the US Supreme Court’s landmark decision that protected LGBTQ+ people from discrimination in the workplace, was silent during arguments Wednesday over the constitutionality of state laws that ban gender-affirming care for transgender minors.
Gorsuch didn’t ask a single question during the roughly two and half hour-long proceedings in a case that marks the first constitutional test for transgender rights taken up by the justices.
“All eyes were on Justice Gorsuch, and he stayed mum,” said Jessica Clarke, a USC Gould School of Law professor and expert on antidiscrimination law.
“It could be that he was ...
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