U.S. Supreme Court taking the bench with ghost guns, a capital case and transgender rights on the docket

The case over state bans on gender-affirming care comes as Republican-led states enact a variety of restrictions, including school sports participation, bathroom usage and drag shows.

The states should have the final say in which laws are right for their constituents. If they dont like the laws their lawmakers are creating, then vote them out of office.

While they are at it, it would be nice to get rid of the electoral college too!

If a case before the court stands to make Americans poorer, sicker or more miserable, you can count on Clarence Thomas to rule in its favor.

ready to hear cases on ghost guns, a death sentence and transgender rights.

Here are my guesses:

ghost guns: Fine under the 2nd amendment - ghost guns are obviously essential to a well-regulated militia.

Death sentence: it will be overturned

Transgender rights: the court will dismiss notions that such rights exist, and ask vacuous questions like, "can I identify as a squirrel?"

The US Supreme Court has become a joke.

I agree with the two rulings this summer. Student debt cannot just be wiped away.

Ghost firearms need to follow the same federal laws that any another manufactured firearm is required to follow. Can't believe this is even a question.

I don't care about the death penalty case.

Transgender support is harder. My initial thought was that nothing should be done until the child becomes 18 and legally allowed to make their own choices. For the vast majority of conflicted kids, this is probably the best.

Then I think of younger kids who's bodies just don't match the gender in their minds. They know it. Their parents know it. Their teachers and friends all know it. Should medicine not be used, paid for by their parents, to help the clear needs of their body and mind? After all, kids are given ADHD drugs like they are candy already, so for extremely rare situations where everything the child is, does, and conveys to the world, they are not the gender their body shows, why not?

As for bathrooms, sports, things like that, whenever there are adult choices being made on minors, there are adult repercussions. For sports, I wouldn't allow them to play in competitive sports unless the sport is already co-ed. in the interest of fairness to all the other kids or only the boys have a team. For example, there are girls who wrestle on the team in high school, because the weight class determines who will be matched against whom. Swimming, would be a no-go unless they compete against the boys, always. Same for baseball, basketball, soccer, football ... they'd have to be on the boys team.

Drag shows? Really? There are lots of activities that happen which aren't school sponsored. I suppose it depends on the material. The movie "Tootsie" with Dustin Hoffman was rated PG and while I wouldn't bother attending a remake of that topic, would it be so bad?

As for bathrooms, at a workplace where I worked the solution after "Gloria" showed up, who was "Gary" the week earlier was for the women's bathroom closest to change from a 2 person toilet room into a 1 person toilet. That wouldn't be possible in schools, but there must be a single person bathroom somewhere in the school. I'd be more concerned about locker rooms for PE classes. Eventually, a trans kid will end up in a PE class and be expected to behave like all the other kids. It is a hard question, assuming they don't show up with a doctor's note that gets them out of the class completely. Each school has different facilities, so any rule would need to address that ... or make it mandatory to provide specific facilities for trans-kids when they arrive. Creating a trans-adequate toilet room and locker setup would probably cost $200K or more all for a single student every 5 yrs, if that often. But we have chosen as a country to make new buildings handicapped accessible, so this could be handled similar to the ADA mandates. My high school did provide ways for wheel chairs to get everywhere and that was 40+ yrs ago. Today, it is expected. The same will happen for trans-facilities if we start today.

theFuOct. 7 11:24 pm JST

Transgender support is harder. My initial thought was that nothing should be done until the child becomes 18 and legally allowed to make their own choices. For the vast majority of conflicted kids, this is probably the best.

There is only one chance to delay puberty and can be done relatively safely and reversibly.

TaiwanIsNotChina

There is only one chance to delay puberty and can be done relatively safely and reversibly.

Seriously, you are claiming that puberty can be blocked with chemicals and then re-started? Until what age, in your opinion?

ZaphodToday 03:03 am JST

TaiwanIsNotChina

There is only one chance to delay puberty and can be done relatively safely and reversibly.

Seriously, you are claiming that puberty can be blocked with chemicals and then re-started? Until what age, in your opinion?

As far as we know indefinitely the science says. What you identify as gender is all determined by chemicals.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puberty_blocker#Gender_dysphoria

 the studies that have been conducted generally indicate that these treatments are reasonably safe, are reversible, and can improve psychological well-being in these individuals.

There is only one chance to delay puberty and can be done relatively safely and reversibly.

And how did it go??..

LOL