The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed Donald Trump’s Administration to implement a policy that blocks transgender and non-transgender people who choose their gender identity.
The decision by the court’s conservative majority is Trump’s latest victory in the High Court Corrupt Emergency Road, to enforce his administration while one of its cases plays out. It halted a lower court order that required the government to select people who choose male, female or gender on their passports when queuing for new or renewed passports.
The State Department changed the rules of the passport that Trump, a Republican, issued an executive order in January that “Recognize Identity Schemes and” Biological Classification “.
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Forerunners say passports limited to the sex listed on a birth certificate could indicate harassment or even violence for transgender people.
“By classifying people based on the sex assigned at birth and exclusively issuing sex markers in passports in a valid identification document and the ability to travel safely,” the lawyers who travel safely.
Gender markers began appearing on passports in the mid-1970s and the federal government began allowing them to be changed on medical documentation in the early 1990s, the court accusers said. A 2021 amendment under Joe Biden, a Democrat, removed the documentation requirements and allowed non-humans to choose an X gender marker after years of litigation.
A ruling blocked the Trump administration’s policy in June following a lawsuit from non-binary and transgender people, some of whom said they were afraid to submit applications. An appeal to the court left the judgment in place.
Solicitor General John Sauer Moved the Supreme Court, pointing to its recent ruling dealing with transitional health care. He also asked Congress to grant the President passports, which overlapped his authority over foreign affairs.
“It is difficult to imagine a system that is less good at accurate identification than anyone who refuses to identify his sex, or can rely on a single factor for self-identification,” writes the self-documents.