2024-12-04
20 分钟It's Wednesday, December 4th.
I'm Jane Coston, and this is what a Day.
The show that didn't steal 2,500 pies from a Michelin starred chef in Northern England.
And you can't prove it if we did.
On today's show, South Korea's president called for martial law and then took it back.
And Trump's lawyers looked to Hunter Biden's pardon as a defense to drop his hush money case.
Let's get into it.
Today, the Supreme Court is taking up a landmark case for trans rights.
The justices will hear arguments in US vs.
Grammar.
The case deals with the constitutionality of a 2023 Tennessee law that bans gender affirming care for trans minors in the state.
The law bars treatments like hormone therapy, puberty blockers, and gender transition surgery, despite the fact that surgery is almost never performed on minors.
Tennessee isn't alone.
About half of states have similar laws banning gender affirming care for people under the age of 18.
Most of them are facing lawsuits, too.
And major medical groups like the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Endocrine Society, and the American Medical association all support gender affirming care.
The AMA says it's medically necessary health care and that denying it to patients can have really dire physical and mental health consequences.
A group of families, a doctor, the Biden administration, and civil rights groups like the ACLU are challenging Tennessee's law.
ACLU lawyer Chase Strangia was among the lawyers arguing against Tennessee's law before the justices today.
He's also the first openly trans person to ever argue before the court.