The Supreme Court is about to decide whether to ban trans women from women’s sports (in all states)
Court’s shadow docket, embodies all the reasons why America’s highest Court should act carefully and slowly. K.M.K. v. Washington Interscholastic Activities Association involves a highly contentious issue — the plaintiffs in the case effectively want the Supreme Court to bar transgender women from women’s sports teams at high schools and universities, even in states that support trans inclusion in sports.
It also involves an appalling sexual assault allegation. One of the plaintiffs in the case is a high school women’s team wrestler who is identified only by her initials because she is a minor. She claims that one of her wrestling opponents, who is transgender, “forcefully” penetrated the plaintiff’s vagina with her fingers during a match.
As a memo from the local prosecutor’s office points out, if these allegations are true then K.M.K. is the victim of a very serious crime — rape in the third degree. The prosecutor’s office, however, decided not to prosecute because it concluded that it could not prove that a sex crime was committed beyond a reasonable doubt. Among other things, prosecutors spoke to the referee who officiated the match, and he said that “nothing stood out to him during the match” and that “after watching the video of the match, he could not say that the suspect’s hand placement was ‘anything out of the ordinary.’”
https://www.vox.com/politics/507025/supreme-court-kmk-washington-transgender-sportsOpen linkView original on quokk.au
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ah, yes, the Supreme Court confronting the important, urgent issues that our nation faces...
SCOTUS couldn't show their work for these stupid decisions if their job depended on it, and as a matter of fact, their job currently depends on not showing their work since half the shit they do is firmly on unconstitutional grounds.
I remember when they had to show their work in order to make decisions that lower courts could actually follow the logic of and apply it. Now it's just legislating from the bench nonstop. If congress doesn't make rules for them requiring standing then we've failed as a country.
SMALL Government is MANDATING that EVERY LITTLE GIRL has her VAGINA Inspected if she Wants to play a Sport!
-LITERALLY Republicans!
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/lets-make-sure-youre-really-a-girl
The ironic thing to me is everyone of these fuckers has a unisex bathroom in their house.
Sad yet a masterpiece of political advertising. Only thing missing was a classic glove snap.
As if they'd use a glove.
How long after this is the "just shoot trans women in the head" case going to go to them? I'm so tired of this stupid culture war, and I know it's only going to continue to escalate. I just want to be left alone.
Well, those cases are so cut and dry they don't have to be escalated all the way to the supreme court. Plenty of men admit in court to murdering trans women, but follow it with "because I found out she was trans", and get off completely.
how the fuck does this even make it to scRotus in the first place. the alleged 'incident' could have occurred regardless of who the opponent was.
Fuck all this noise. Put damn weight/size restrictions on sports like they do in boxing and I don’t give a shit what kind of downstairs mixup you’ve got going on (btw this is a reference to Ol’ Gregg not something derogatory about trans genitals).
I also like to drink Baileys out of a shoe
Everyone. Line up your children for genitle inspection.
Remember this is for your protection and traditional family values.
Now, please tell me about your kids junk.
“Umm, well he’s a ten year old boy…” “Woah woah, slow down. Details…”
“Well this 10 year old’s micropenis looks too much like a clitoris so he, sorry she, can’t play boy sports… “
This is where we are headed.
Why can't a league figure it out themselves? They need the fucking government to decide?
They don't but remember that the GOP will always say they want small government whilst simultaneously trying to invade every part of your lives, especially if it's about sex and gender. They're really freaky about that. They don't like people to just be who they want to be. You must conform to the guidebook.
There are none in any professional sports last I checked and only like 15 or so across highschool varsity and college.
Because they're government leagues. If the WNBA wants to let trans women play, that's their prerogative, the govt has no say. These are government-run, if not government-funded sports.
Trans people have a justification to exist, unlike the supreme court
Spoiler: they're gonna fuckin do it
Because sexual dimorphism.
The mens league is generally open. The women's league is explicitly closed.
I'm sorry trans folks. Your entire existence is to just be a distraction instead of just being fucking people.
Like it’s a decision. They know what they’re going to do. And they were paid well for it.
These monsters live only because you allow it
What do you suggest other people do that you can't?
You* are allowing it.
Be the change that you call for. Is your idea not good enough for you to take charge? Or are you more of the “armchair general” type?
And they're going to use KMK's claim of being assaulted as their next propaganda tool....
INB4 we get some galaxy-brained bullshit about how this is the fault of the Democratic Party....
It's definitely not their fault, but I could certainly ask why they didn't enshrine protections into law when they had the chance.
States Rights!
Makes sense on its head, but the federal question attached through the states accepting federal money for sports in high school.
Wait hold up. If they possibly can’t be in sports, could they be on the highest court in the land? On the same judicial team?
Oh, that’s different?