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 Wall Street Journal: Justice Department Sues to Block Tennessee Restrictions on Transgender Healthcare Law violates constitutional guarantee of equal protection, lawsuit says The Justice Department filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging Tennessee’s recent ban on certain healthcare for transgender minors, arguing the law violates the constitutional guarantee of equal protection. The suit targets a law signed last month by Tennessee’s Republican Gov. Bill Lee. Under the measure, doctors are prohibited from providing certain treatments to anyone under 18 even with parental consent if the procedure is used as part of transgender healthcare. The restrictions include a block on prescribing medications that can delay the onset of puberty or hormones that can cause physical changes such as the development of facial hair or breasts. The law also requires physicians to discontinue current gender-transition care of minor patients by March 2024. ... This is an absurd argument by the DOJ....

 Jonathon Turley: This month, there was an “assault on democracy” in Tennessee . It was not three members halting the legislative process, but rather their expulsion. It appears that nothing says democracy like a bullhorn and obstructing legislative work. I recently wrote a column on how American politics has become a simple matter of amplification after Democrats stopped the Tennessee House proceedings with a bullhorn to protest the lack of gun control measures. I noted, “Today, for many, there is no room for nuance. Instead, they live in a world occupied only by ‘fascists’ and ‘insurrectionists.’ ” Right on cue, Vice President Kamala Harris and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) proceeded to add their own amplified voices to the madness. AOC even shared a video of protesters chanting “F–k you fascists” and promising that “ Gen Z ” will even the score. I do not agree with the expulsion of the two members as opposed to other sanctions. Expulsion should only come in rare and ext...

 Jonathon Turley: Nobel Laureate Albert Camus once said, “Insurrection is certainly not the sum total of human experience but … it is our historic reality.” Those words came to mind this week when Tennessee’s House of Representatives expelled two members accused of disrupting legislative proceedings in what some called an “ insurrection ” or a “ mutiny .” The scene on the floor of the Tennessee House perfectly captured our “age of rage.” Protesters filled the capitol building to protest the failure to pass gun-control legislation. However, they were in the minority in both the state and its legislature. Three Democratic state representatives — Justin Jones from Nashville, Justin Pearson from Memphis, and Gloria Johnson of Knoxville — were unwilling to yield to the majority. They disrupted the floor proceedings with a bullhorn and screaming at their colleagues. It is a scene familiar to many of us in academia, where events are regularly canceled by those who shout down others. The t...