Clarence Thomas urges courts to end deferring to 'experts' on gender-affirming care

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Justice Clarence Thomas said Wednesday that courts should not defer to “self-described experts” on gender-affirming care, suggesting it is a matter of medical uncertainty.

Thomas’s concurring opinion came as the Supreme Court upheld in a 6-3 decision Tennessee’s ban on puberty blockers and hormone treatments for transgender minors, a ruling that could reverberate through several states that have similar laws.

“This case carries a simple lesson: In politically contentious debates over matters shrouded in scientific uncertainty, courts should not assume that self-described experts are correct,” the justice wrote in a solo concurring opinion.

Tennessee’s law, S.B. 1, bars health care providers from prescribing puberty blocking and hormone therapy medications to minors when the intent is to help them transition. Signed in 2023, it also bans gender-transition surgeries for minors, though the justices did not consider that provision.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/clarence-thomas-urges-courts-end-153055265.html

Need to add Thomas to "is he dead yet?" threads

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1. We have to stop listening to people

Who know what they are talking about and depend on the wisdom and patriotism of those who do everything for a political reason. The Supreme Court should not conduct high tech lynchings against self described experts, instead we should round up every non Christian, non conservative motherfucker and disappear them to our sister country El Salvador. Sincerely Slappy Thomas

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2. Why defer to experts when you can defer to bigoted idiots?

Gender-affirming care is a medical treatment proven successful based on suicide rates alone, never mind any other consideration.

Banning it, or allowing states to ban it, is cruel, inhuman, and motivated by a psychopathic desire to see more dead Americans.

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3. He prefers self-described experts without credentials

as opposed to medical professionals with advanced degrees, research, experience in treatment and assessment.

SCOTUS 6R disposed of expertise today. and declared states can ignore the Bill of Rights. 6-3.

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4. In Slappy we trust (not me).

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5. I think we should stop listening to grifting Supreme Court justices.