Supreme Court Oral Arguments in Landmark Transgender Rights Case Scheduled for December 4
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court has scheduled oral arguments in U.S. v. Skrmetti, a challenge brought by transgender youth and their families to a Tennessee law banning gender-affirming medical care, for December 4, 2024.
The case was first filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the ACLU of Tennessee, Lambda Legal, and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on behalf of Samantha and Brian Williams of Nashville and their 16-year-old transgender daughter, two other plaintiff families filing anonymously, and Memphis-based medical doctor Dr. Susan Lacy. The plaintiff families and Dr. Lacy argue that the law violates the equal protection rights of transgender adolescents. The United States intervened also arguing that the Tennessee law violates the Equal Protection Clause.
In June 2024, the Supreme Court granted a cert petition filed in the case by the United States and a petition for split argument time between the U.S. Solicitor General and an attorney representing transgender youth and their families is pending before the Court. The transgender youth and their families remain parties to the case.
The ACLU, Lambda Legal, and advocates from across the civil rights movement will gather for a rally in front of the United States Supreme Court building the morning of oral arguments.
