Sutton's ruling is an act of judicial cowardice that masks itself as one of judicial humility.| www.lawdork.com
Ruling responds to appeals courts that upheld state bans. Their reasoning "renders the Fourteenth Amendment largely meaningless," U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill wrote.| www.lawdork.com
"Absent this Court’s review, families in Tennessee and other States where laws like SB1 have taken effect will face the loss of essential medical care."| www.lawdork.com
Courts had been increasingly protecting gender identity and sexual orientation discrimination as types of sex discrimination. Then came the Trump appointees.| www.lawdork.com
Update: Judge Axon would have allowed the rule, which includes LGBTQ protections, to go into effect, but the appeals court issued an "administrative injunction" blocking it.| www.lawdork.com