Court’s shadow docket, embodies all the reasons why America’s highest Court should act carefully and slowly. K.M.K. v. Washington Interscholastic Activities Association involves a highly contentious issue — the plaintiffs in the case effectively want the Supreme Court to bar transgender women from women’s sports teams at high schools and universities, even in states that support trans inclusion in sports.

It also involves an appalling sexual assault allegation. One of the plaintiffs in the case is a high school women’s team wrestler who is identified only by her initials because she is a minor. She claims that one of her wrestling opponents, who is transgender, “forcefully” penetrated the plaintiff’s vagina with her fingers during a match.

As a memo from the local prosecutor’s office points out, if these allegations are true then K.M.K. is the victim of a very serious crime — rape in the third degree. The prosecutor’s office, however, decided not to prosecute because it concluded that it could not prove that a sex crime was committed beyond a reasonable doubt. Among other things, prosecutors spoke to the referee who officiated the match, and he said that “nothing stood out to him during the match” and that “after watching the video of the match, he could not say that the suspect’s hand placement was ‘anything out of the ordinary.’”

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[–] 8 points 2 days ago

ah, yes, the Supreme Court confronting the important, urgent issues that our nation faces...

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  • [–] 3 points 1 day ago

    SCOTUS couldn't show their work for these stupid decisions if their job depended on it, and as a matter of fact, their job currently depends on not showing their work since half the shit they do is firmly on unconstitutional grounds.

    I remember when they had to show their work in order to make decisions that lower courts could actually follow the logic of and apply it. Now it's just legislating from the bench nonstop. If congress doesn't make rules for them requiring standing then we've failed as a country.

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  • [–] 75 points 3 days ago (4 children)

    SMALL Government is MANDATING that EVERY LITTLE GIRL has her VAGINA Inspected if she Wants to play a Sport!

    -LITERALLY Republicans!

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  • [–] [S] 38 points 3 days ago (3 children)

    A little girl walks into a bathroom and screams. Sitting there, scowling inside the stall, is the man who might be your next representative.

    “I’m your Republican congressman,” the man says. “Now that we’re in charge, I’m checking to make sure there’s no trans people in the wrong bathroom.”

    She protests; he insists. “I won the last election, and this is my priority. Now, let’s make sure you’re really a girl.”

    This is the premise of the latest ad by the Progress Action Fund (PAF), a left-wing PAC running ads to “disrupt the right-wing media bubble,” as its website says.

    https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/lets-make-sure-youre-really-a-girl

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  • [–] 10 points 2 days ago*

    how the fuck does this even make it to scRotus in the first place. the alleged 'incident' could have occurred regardless of who the opponent was.

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  • [–] 40 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    How long after this is the "just shoot trans women in the head" case going to go to them? I'm so tired of this stupid culture war, and I know it's only going to continue to escalate. I just want to be left alone.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 days ago

    Well, those cases are so cut and dry they don't have to be escalated all the way to the supreme court. Plenty of men admit in court to murdering trans women, but follow it with "because I found out she was trans", and get off completely.

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  • [–] 15 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    Fuck all this noise. Put damn weight/size restrictions on sports like they do in boxing and I don’t give a shit what kind of downstairs mixup you’ve got going on (btw this is a reference to Ol’ Gregg not something derogatory about trans genitals).

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  • [–] 15 points 3 days ago (2 children)

    Everyone. Line up your children for genitle inspection.

    Remember this is for your protection and traditional family values.

    Now, please tell me about your kids junk.

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  • [–] 29 points 3 days ago (3 children)

    Why can't a league figure it out themselves? They need the fucking government to decide?

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  • [–] 7 points 3 days ago

    They don't but remember that the GOP will always say they want small government whilst simultaneously trying to invade every part of your lives, especially if it's about sex and gender. They're really freaky about that. They don't like people to just be who they want to be. You must conform to the guidebook.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

    Trans people have a justification to exist, unlike the supreme court

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  • [–] 15 points 3 days ago

    Spoiler: they're gonna fuckin do it

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  • [–] 13 points 3 days ago

    I'm sorry trans folks. Your entire existence is to just be a distraction instead of just being fucking people.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 days ago

    Like it’s a decision. They know what they’re going to do. And they were paid well for it.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 days ago (2 children)

    These monsters live only because you allow it

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  • [–] 4 points 3 days ago

    And they're going to use KMK's claim of being assaulted as their next propaganda tool....

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  • [–] 3 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    INB4 we get some galaxy-brained bullshit about how this is the fault of the Democratic Party....

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  • [–] 3 points 3 days ago

    Wait hold up. If they possibly can’t be in sports, could they be on the highest court in the land? On the same judicial team?

    Oh, that’s different?

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