The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a student\u2019s appeal challenging his school district\u2019s ban on wearing a t-shirt reading, \u201cThere are only two genders.\u201d Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito dissented, arguing lower courts distorted First Amendment rights.<\/p>\n
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The student\u2019s guardians sued the Middleborough, Massachusetts school citing the 1969 Tinker v. Des Moines<\/em> precedent protecting student speech. The school argued the shirts disrupted learning and harmed transgender students\u2019 mental health.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the Supreme Court is reviewing another case on Tennessee\u2019s restrictions on gender-affirming care for minors, which could impact laws across many states.<\/p>\n Chief Justice Roberts also paused transparency orders for the Department of Government Efficiency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a student\u2019s appeal challenging his school district\u2019s ban on wearing a t-shirt reading, \u201cThere are only two genders.\u201d Justices Clarence… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5132,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n