By F. Andrew Wolf, Jr.
Supreme Court Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson stirred the cauldron of constitutional discourse when she compared child sex-change bans to interracial marriage prohibitions. Jackson made the remarks during a hearing for United States v. Skrmetti, a case considering whether Tennessee’s law banning medical procedures intended to enable “minor[s] to identify with, or live as, a purported identity inconsistent with the minor’s sex,” violates the 14th Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause. But comparing sex changes for trans kids to interracial marriage between consenting adults is intellectually dishonest. It’s an offense to the conscience.
As Fox News reported, the Tennessee law, enacted in 2023, prohibits medical interventions aimed at altering a minor’s biological sex to match a perceived gender identity. Its…
