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The Many Compromises of Elena Kagan

June 21, 2025·47 min·4 clips

Chase Strangio reveals how the Supreme Court's transgender healthcare ban devastates families while narrowly avoiding broader equal protection rulings.

Dahlia Lithwick hosts Chase Strangio to discuss the Supreme Court's decision upholding Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors, its narrow legal implications, and the broader threats to bodily autonomy. Later, Mark Joseph Stern joins to analyze puzzling votes by Justice Elena Kagan in recent cases and the Court's erosion of federal agency power.

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