United States v. Skrmetti

” Argued on December 4, 2024. In March 2023 Tennessee joined several other U.S. states in adopting a law banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth (i.e., transgender persons under the age of 18), including hormone treatments and gender-transition surgeries. The statute,…

…criminal prosecution for official acts; United States v. Skrmetti (2025), which upheld state laws banning gender-affirming medical care; and Learning Resources v. Trump (2026), which held that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) of 1977 does not give the president the power “to unilaterally impose unbounded tariffs.”

United States v. Skrmetti 2025 Affirmed a lower court’s ruling upholding a state law prohibiting gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth, finding that the law did not amount to discrimination based on sex because its prohibitions applied more generally to “administering puberty blockers and hormones…