Dissenting Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote that "there is no constitutional justification" for the decision, and access to gender-affirming care "can be a question of life or death."
Avatara Smith-Carrington, an attorney for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF), emphasized that the ruling offers legal clarity without endangering existing protections.
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After decades of affirming that prayers led by school officials are unconstitutional, said Justice Sonia Sotomayor, "the court now charts a different path."
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