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The Supreme Court on Tuesday passed up a chance to intervene in the debate over bathrooms for transgender students, rejecting an appeal from an Indiana public school district.

Federal appeals courts are divided over whether school policies enforcing restrictions on which bathrooms transgender students can use violate federal law or the Constitution.

In the case the court rejected without comment, the Chicago-based 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an order granting transgender boys access to the boys’ bathroom. The appeal came from the Metropolitan School District of Martinsville, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) southwest of Indianapolis.

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[–] [email protected] 76 points 10 months ago (1 children)

In the case the court rejected without comment, the Chicago-based 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an order granting transgender boys access to the boys’ bathroom.

So, meanwhile, transgender individuals win. At least that's something. 👍🏻

With any luck, this will hold untill the rest of the nation follows suit.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Only in those circuits where the court has allowed students to use the bathroom of choice. There are several circuits that voted to deny this. Your rights now depend on where you live in the country until either the SCOTUS one days takes it up or some sort of Title IX changes force it.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago

With this court the country might be better off without them weighing in. Those fucks are likely to make it so the whole country has even more hostile laws.

[–] [email protected] 56 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Wouldn't want to reveal any bigotry during an election year.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Have you ever seen an election year?

Revealing the bigotry is basically the point. Trump talked about immigrants poisoning the blood of the country and it made him more popular.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

Pretty sure they don’t give a shit about revealing bigotry when ever they feel like it. In fact it’s a feature for the right

[–] Salix 48 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (13 children)

I wish there were more non-gendered restrooms.

The one's I've been to usually has shared sinks and has stalls that fully enclosed, as in you can't look under the stall. Most restrooms in the US, you can see under the stall in front and from an adjacent stall.

And the urinals is usually in a separate area of the restrooms.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

This, these are the best bathrooms anyways. I'd rather not listen to someone on the phone with someone else while using the restroom, lol. Animals, man.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 10 months ago (2 children)

If the lower courts are divided, isn't it the job of the Supreme Court to make it clear?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago (2 children)

They kinda have made it clear though. By rejecting the appeal, they're saying that the 7th Circuit Court's decision stands.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (5 children)

Except the ~~Fourth~~ Eleventh Circuit went the other direction with an almost identical Florida school policy, so the question of "Is it ok under the US Constitution for schools to force transgender students to use a particular bathroom?" has a different answer depending on where you live, which is the exact kind of thing the Supreme Court is supposed to deal with.

e; Whoops, had the wrong court and wrong case. That's been updated now, but for the record here's the older case I had been linking to

https://www.courthousenews.com/11th-circuit-rules-florida-schools-transgender-bathroom-policy-unconstitutional/

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Except that they aren't overriding the other courts, so really they are saying that it's up to every circuit to set their own standard.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Typically, yes. Now, not so much.

They're saving all their energy for the upcoming craziness if/when Trump is elected President while in prison.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago

Of course it's southern indiana. 100‰ regressive region bordering 100% regressive states.

I hate my state.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

upheld an order granting transgender boys access to the boys’ bathroom.

Why is it only focusing on 1 gender?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 10 months ago

Probably because the lawsuit was filed on behalf of a transgender boy.

The case originally required John R. Wooden Middle School in Martinsville to allow a seventh-grader identified only as A.C. to have access to the restroom while litigation continued.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Always think its odd they want someone like this or this in the women's washroom...

[–] [email protected] 34 points 10 months ago (8 children)

Ultimately, what it boils down to is that they want to force trans people to de-transition, go back into the closet, and hopefully kill themselves. The pain and aggravation caused by these stupid bathroom laws is quite literally the point.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The cruelty is the point… They don’t want us to exist

It’s really fucking stressful being under a bathroom law. There aren’t correct choices. It’s supposed to be either committing a misdemeanor or getting the shit kicked out of you.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

I wonder why the Pope told them to take a pass for now.

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