"The supreme court on Thursday allowed Donald Trump's administration to enforce a policy blocking transgender and non-binary people from choosing passport sex markers that align with their gender identity. The decision by the high court's conservative majority is Trump's latest win on the high court's emergency docket, and it means his administration can enforce the policy while a lawsuit over it plays out."
"Such senseless sidestepping of the obvious equitable outcome has become an unfortunate pattern. So, too, has my own refusal to look the other way when basic principles are selectively discarded. This Court has once again paved the way for the immediate infliction of injury without adequate (or, really, any) justification. What the Government needs (and what it does not have) is an explanation for why it faces harm unless the President's chosen policy is implemented now."
The Supreme Court's conservative majority granted a stay permitting the Trump administration to enforce a policy preventing transgender and non-binary people from selecting passport sex markers that reflect their gender identity while a lawsuit proceeds. The stay halts a lower-court order that required the State Department to allow male, female, or X markers on new or renewed passports to align with gender identity. The change followed a presidential executive order declaring the United States recognizes two sexes based on birth certificates. The decision prompted praise from supporters who cited biological sex and a forceful dissent from liberal justices decrying insufficient justification.
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