By Amy Howe
The court鈥檚 other high-profile rulings during the 2024-25 term were solid victories for the court鈥檚 conservative majority. In United States v. Skrmetti, the justices upheld Tennessee鈥檚 ban on the use of puberty blockers and hormone therapy for transgender minors (and, by extension, similar laws in more than half the states). By a vote of 6-3, the majority rejected the argument, made by the challengers and the Biden administration, that the law draws distinctions based on sex, because, for example, a transgender boy cannot receive medicines that a teenage boy who is not transgender is allowed to receive. Instead, Chief Justice John Roberts reasoned, the law prohibits the use of puberty blockers and hormone therapy based on the patient鈥檚 age and the medical purpose for which they will be used.