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And, can someone explain what today's #SCOTUS decision means in terms of the #equalprotection clause? Seems like if your state didn't happen to sue #Trump then Trump can deport you, while folks living in suing states are "safe" (for now). Is it problematic to have #federal policies enforced in some states but not others?

Good question.

#equalprotection #14thamendment #qualifiedimmunity

#HumanRights #WomensRights #EqualProtection #RuleOfLaw

Something to think about...

One thing no one has explained is why women's rights should vary by state, while men keep the same rights across the entire country, no matter where they live.
Don't Americans have equal protection under the 14th Amendment?
Misogyny as policy treats women as 'less than'.
There is no law that controls a
man's body. Now do the same for women.
Equal protection is the law.

“Plaintiffs face a violation of their constitutional rights, which constitutes irreparable harm. Indeed, the cruel irony is that thousands of #transgender servicemembers have sacrificed — some risking their lives — to ensure for others the very #EqualProtection rights the #Military Ban seeks to deny them,” Reyes wrote, adding that “avoiding constitutional violations is always in the #PublicInterest.”

#law #Constitution #LGBTQIA #discrimination #bigotry #Trump #DOD

Judge blocks #Trump’s order banning #transgender troops from #military service, ruling that the plan violated the #Constitution’s #EqualProtection clause.

#law #LGBTQIA #discrimination #bigotry
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/us/transgender-troops-military-injunction.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=7D65BF46-0567-4212-A6FC-8EEBBE6BA217

A quotation from Algernon Sidney

For this reason, the law is established which no passion can disturb. It is void of desire and fear, lust and anger. It is mens sine affectu, written reason, retaining some measure of the divine perfection. It does not enjoin that which pleases a weak, frail man; but, without any regard to persons, commands that which is good, and punishes evil in all, whether rich or poor, high or low. It is deaf, inexorable, inflexible.

Algernon Sidney (1623-1683) English politician, republican political theorist [also Sydney]
Discourses Concerning Government, ch. 3, § 15 (1689)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/sidney-algernon/7533…

#quote #quotes #quotation #blindjustice #dispassionate #equalprotectionunderthelaw #equalprotection #justice #law #legalsystem #rationality #reason #unemotional

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBUbSuJ1GGM

#Trans #Criminalization #Fascism #Fantifa #Antifa #Feminism #Montana #HB446 #Zephyr #LGBT #2SLGBTQIA+ #Intersex #Transphobia #Fourteenth #EqualProtection #Cisheteropatriarchy #Tyranny #Oppression #HumanRights

#JohnRoberts has a #plan to #deny #EqualProtection to #trans #people.

#Conservative #justices suggest the #science is too #hard—and that the #corrupt #SupremeCourt will let #RedStates #sidestep the #constitution with regard to #trans #people.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #TransKids #Healthcare #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #Hategroups #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/12/john-roberts-has-a-plan-to-deny-transgender-rights/

The #future of #trans #rights – and #equalprotection – hangs on #USvSkrmetti.

What we learned from the #Corrupt #SupremeCourt’s #oral #arguments in this important #case.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #Hategroups #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews

https://goodauthority.org/news/the-future-of-transgender-rights-and-equal-protection-hangs-on-us-v-skrmetti/

The #Power #Struggle Over #HealthCare for #Trans #Youth

The #SupremeCourt case #USvSkrmetti, could effect #genderaffirmingcare for #minors in #Tennessee, and how the #federalgovernment views #equalprotection going forward.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #TransKids #GenderAffirmingCare #Tennessee #SupremeCourt #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/opinion/scotus-trans-youth-health-care.html

In a pivotal #transgender #healthcare #case, the #Corrupt #US #SupremeCourt will decide how far #equalprotection extends, potentially determining if #equalrights apply to all or only to those deemed '#acceptable' by those in #power.

As #GeorgeOrwell wrote in #AnimalFarm, 'All #animals are #equal, but some #animals are #moreequal than others.' Will #TransRights be #upheld or will #Trans #people be relegated to #secondclass #status?

https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/02/politics/skrmetti-supreme-court-scrutiny-analysis

A quotation from Johnson, Lyndon:

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All members of the public should have equal access to facilities open to the public. All members of the public should be equally eligible for Federal benefits that are financed by the public. All members of the public should have an equal chance to vote for publi…
»

Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/johnson-lyndon/72419/

#quote #quotes #quotation #civilrights #EqualOpportunity #equalprotection #equalrights #equality #publiceducation #votingrights

Why #Montana’s #TwoSpirit people are challenging a state law that defines sex as binary

“It’s scary, in our reservations we have a lot of suicide already because of just being who they are,” Steven Barrios.

By Nicole Chavez, CNN
December 4, 2023

"As they fight to reclaim their history, some in Montana’s Two-Spirit community are challenging a state law that defines sex as binary because it 'infringes' on their spiritual and cultural beliefs.

"The law, #SenateBill458, defines 'male' and 'female' based on the presence of XY or XX chromosomes as well as reproductive systems. The legislation, which took effect in October, inserts those definitions of male and female in several parts of the state’s legal code, impacting driver’s licenses, demographic records and the state’s anti-discrimination law.

"In October, attorneys representing the Two-Spirit nonprofit #MontanaTwoSpiritSociety along with a group of #transgender, #intersex and #nonbinary #Montana residents, filed a lawsuit in Missoula County District Court challenging the law.

"They argue the state’s definitions of sex 'improperly categorizes many Montanans, excludes others from legal recognition entirely, and deprives them of the benefits and protections of myriad state laws.' The complaint also argues the law violates Montana’s individual dignity, #EqualProtection, privacy and freedom of speech laws.

"David Herrera, co-founder and executive director of the Montana Two Spirit Society, said it was important for the group to join the lawsuit because limiting gender goes against #IndigenousTraditions and cultures.

"'We don’t ascribe to just simply biologic definitions. We acknowledge that there are different genders, and our cultures have always known that there are more than two genders. In some of the Indigenous cultures, there may be as many as four to six different genders,' said Herrera, a 61-year-old who is Two-Spirit and adopted Blackfeet.

[...]

"Two-Spirit is an umbrella term that emerged in the 1990s, referring to people in many Indigenous and Native American who historically had both a masculine and feminine spirit, and who filled specialized social and spiritual roles. Some Native American people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex or gender non-conforming also use the term to self-identify.

"Prior to #colonization, Two-Spirit people had roles of honor in healing and ceremonies, but as Indigenous people were forced into assimilation that part of their tradition was lost.

“For folks that were seen as being Two-Spirit, men dressing as women, or women dressing as men and warriors, that went against the teachings of the church and so they were seen as an abomination or deviance. In some of the histories, our Two-Spirit people were actually murdered and killed, while in others, they were forced to subscribe to specific gender roles,” Herrera said.

"Steven Barrios, a 71-year-old enrolled member of the Blackfeet Nation and co-founder of the Montana Two Spirit Society, said the organization supports efforts to fight back against the state’s new gender definitions.

"'We’ve already been traumatized through so many things that the government has done to us and so we just figured it’s time – we have to step up and reclaim what’s rightfully ours and not let the government take that away from us,' Barrios said.

"Barrios added SB 458 and similar legislation could add more challenges for Two-Spirit youth."

#Decolonize #NonBinary
#GBLTQI #Activism
#Reclamation #Indigiqueer #MontanaLegislation #TransRightsAreHumanRights

Two #Fascist #US #states ask #Corrupt #SupremeCourt to #rule on #antitrans #sports #ban #Injunctions.

#WestVirginia and #Idaho have asked the Supreme Court to allow them to enforce #antitrans #sports #bans in clear #violation of #EqualProtection of the law.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews

https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/07/12/west-virginia-idaho-title-ix-trans-sport/

#SupremeCourt Takes Up #Hateful #Trans #HealthCare #Ban In #Tennessee, With Potentially Huge #Impacts.

The #Corrupt #US #SupremeCourt announced it would decide if #genderaffirmingcare #bans for #transgenderyouth #violate our #equalprotection #rights.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Tennessee #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #Hategroups #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/supreme-court-takes-up-trans-care

There's a passage in this article that's both right and wrong. Screenshot/excerpt in the alt text for space reasons.

It's true that attacking #education has the effect of degrading civic compassion, the aim is not the destruction of #democracy, but the destruction of #constitutionalism, the idea of the #EqualProtection of the #CivilRights of the minority in the face of the #TyrannyOfTheMajority. #Fascists always believe themselves to be #democratic.

https://newrepublic.com/article/181274/end-civic-compassion

Education in a liberal democracy introduces students to the diverse perspectives through a nation’s history, in order for people to foster a kind of empathy and understanding for one another; what my father in his work called civic compassion. Democracy is a system where we let ourselves be affected by our fellow citizens’ perspectives. Cutting students off from exposure to the perspectives of their neighbors therefore preempts democracy. Such erasures are more conducive to an education for authoritarianism, where an autocratic leader can more easily set groups against one another, relying on mutual estrangement and mutual misunderstanding. “Parents’ rights” is an expression used to cover for an illiberal public culture. Using the language of rights and freedoms to erase oppressed groups’ perspectives is a familiar vocabulary trick from America’s past (“states’ rights”).

https://newrepublic.com/article/181274/end-civic-compassion

#Fascist #Mississippi #governor signs #bill to let #cisgender #hatemongers #sue #trans #people if they use the #bathroom.

He called #equalrights for #trans #people "#kooky" Despite the requirements for #equalprotection of the #law in the #US #constitution.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Mississippi #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #Hategroups #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/05/mississippi-governor-signs-bill-to-let-cis-people-sue-trans-people-if-they-use-the-bathroom/

#Tennessee #GOP lawmaker proposes bill for #wedding officiants to deny #LGBTQ+ couples based on “#conscience or #religious beliefs,” challenging Constitutional right of #EqualProtection under the law.