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Supreme Court upholds pause on Trump's anti-trans prison policy

The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the Trump administration has to continue providing gender-affirming care to inmates in federal prisons as litigation on efforts to change the policy continues.

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Wake Up, America: The DSA’s Rising Influence Threatens Public SafetyAs we approach the 2026 midterm elections, Americans concerned about public safety must confront a growing and dangerous trend: the increasing influence of the Democratic Socialists of America within the Democratic Party. While the DSA markets itself as a movement for “economic justice,” its platform includes abolishing police, closing prisons, and…

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Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Allow Transgender Medical Care Restrictions in PrisonWASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday to let it enforce, for now, restrictions on gender-affirming care in federal prison.

U.S. News & World Report8h agoSources (2)Whole story →

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Supreme Court won’t revive Trump administration’s transgender inmate policy; Thomas, Alito dissentThe Supreme Court refused the Trump administration’s bid to stop providing transgender inmates hormone treatments and certain surgeries on Wednesday, declining to lift a lower judge’s block over the dissents of two conservative justices. The Bureau of Prisons (BOP) policy would taper treatments for inmates currently receiving them, and officials would…

The Hill8h agoWhole story →

Supreme Court rejects Trump policy restricting treatment for transgender inmatesThe Supreme Court on Wednesday said the Trump administration cannot enforce a new policy that restricts treatment for transgender inmates in federal prison.

NBC News8h agoWhole story →

Supreme Court won’t let Trump restrict gender-affirming care for transgender inmatesAdvocates for the inmates said the Trump administration overrode medical providers’ clinical judgment to cut off gender-affirming care for around 1,000 people.

Courthouse News Service8h agoWhole story →

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The Supreme Court may be about to make America’s prisons much cruelerUpdate, October 21, 11:45 am ET: The Supreme Court released a brief order on October 21, which ruled against the Trump administration’s request to deny gender-affirming care to transgender prisoners. The order is two sentences long. It is temporary. And it does not explain the Court’s reasoning. So it is not clear why the Court […]

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Supreme Court Rules on Trump Admin Policy Blocking Sex-Rejecting Procedures for PrisonersThe Supreme Court Wednesday denied the Trump administration’s request to block a lower court order preventing the Bureau of Prisons from denying previously prescribed transgender procedures to prison inmates. The court denied the stay in an unsigned order, noting that Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito would have granted the stay. The Bureau of…

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Supreme Court rebuffs Trump administration restrictions on medical care for transgender inmatesThe Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to allow the Trump administration to immediately enforce new medical restrictions for transgender people in prison. The decision leaves in place a lower-court block on the policy.

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American Teacher Wrongfully Detained Under Biden Comes HomeRetired American schoolteacher Stephen Hubbard, 74, spent four years in a Russian jail. On Wednesday, he walked free after President Donald Trump persuaded Russian leader Vladimir Putin to free him. Hubbard was the last American officially determined to be wrongfully detained by Russia. He was released from custody early Wednesday and was waiting at St....

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Supreme Court rejects bid to restrict treatments for trans inmatesIn an unsigned order, the Supreme Court rejected an emergency appeal seeking to revive a policy ending certain medical treatments for transgender inmates.

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Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow restrictions on transgender inmatesPresident Donald Trump's administration asked the US Supreme Court on Monday to let it enforce a policy restricting gender-affirming care for transgender inmates in federal prisons, part of his crackdown on the rights of transgender people.

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Supreme Court Blocks Trump From Denying Gender-Affirming Care to Trans PrisonersThe justices, for now, agreed to continue preventing the Bureau of Prisons from implementing a policy that would prohibit gender-transition medical treatments.

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Trump asks Supreme Court to suspend transgender medical care in federal prisonsBy John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s administration urged the Supreme Court on Monday to allow federal prison officials to deny certain types of medical care for transgender inmates, such as surgeries – putting another culture war issue on the high court’s burgeoning fast-track docket. The Bureau of Prisons policy that began early

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Trump asks Supreme Court to let him end transgender surgeries for inmatesThe Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to unblock a policy ending transgender surgeries for inmates in federal prisons.

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Supreme Court won’t revive Trump administration’s transgender inmate policy; Thomas, Alito dissentThe Supreme Court refused the Trump administration’s bid to stop providing transgender inmates hormone treatments and certain surgeries on Wednesday, declining to lift a lower judge’s block over the dissents of two conservative justices. The Bureau of Prisons (BOP) policy would taper treatments for inmates currently receiving them, and officials would…

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The Supreme Court may be about to make America’s prisons much cruelerUpdate, October 21, 11:45 am ET: The Supreme Court released a brief order on October 21, which ruled against the Trump administration’s request to deny gender-affirming care to transgender prisoners. The order is two sentences long. It is temporary. And it does not explain the Court’s reasoning. So it is not clear why the Court […]

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