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Jonathan Skrmetti

Trans kids in half of U.S. states cannot get gender-affirming care as SCOTUS upholds Tennessee’s ban

Marianna Bacallao

June 18, 2025

Transgender kids in nearly half of all U.S. states will not be able to access gender-affirming care after Wednesday’s landmark Supreme Court decision.

Filed Under: Health Care, Politics, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: ACLU, General Assembly, Jonathan Skrmetti, legislature, lgbt, lgbtq, SCOTUS, Tennessee Attorney General, Tennessee Legislature, tnleg, tnpol, transgender, U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court upholds Tennessee law that bars gender-affirming care for minors

Nina Totenberg

June 18, 2025

At issue was a Tennessee law that bars minors from accessing gender-affirming care as they transition from their sex assigned at birth.

Filed Under: Politics, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: gender-affirming care, Jonathan Skrmetti, Tennessee Attorney General, U.S. Supreme Court

Trump nominates Tennessee attorney to federal appeals court, marking first judicial pick of second term

Marianna Bacallao

May 5, 2025

Whitney Hermandorfer has the led the Tennessee AG’s Strategic Litigation Unit, where she defended the state’s near-total abortion ban.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Abortion, Jonathan Skrmetti, Kentucky, lgbt, lgbtq, Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, Tennessee Attorney General, transgender, Whitney Hermandorfer

TN’s ‘drag ban’ is here to stay. Here’s why LGBTQ advocates don’t mind.

Marianna Bacallao

February 27, 2025

Tennessee lawmakers are celebrating as the state’s so-called drag ban remains in place indefinitely. LGBTQ advocates also see the decision as a win.

Filed Under: Politics, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: anti-lgbt legislaton, drag, drag show, Jonathan Skrmetti, lgbt, lgbtq, Pride, Tennessee Attorney General, tnleg, tnpol

Tennessee drag ban to stay as SCOTUS refuses to hear the case

Marianna Bacallao

February 25, 2025

Tennessee’s ban on drag in public spaces will remain in effect, as the U.S. Supreme Court refuses to take up a legal challenge to the law. Another suit could give LGTBQ advocates another shot at challenging the ban.

Filed Under: Politics, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: anti-lgbt legislaton, drag, drag show, Jonathan Skrmetti, lgbt, lgbtq, Pride, Tennessee Attorney General, tnleg, tnpol

Under Trump, DOJ withdraws support for transgender youth in Tennessee case at the Supreme Court

Marianna Bacallao

February 8, 2025

The U.S. Department of Justice notified the high court Friday that the U.S. is now backing the state of Tennessee and its ban on care.

Filed Under: Health Care, Politics Tagged With: ACLU, General Assembly, Jonathan Skrmetti, legislature, lgbt, lgbtq, Tennessee Attorney General, Tennessee Legislature, tnleg, tnpol, transgender

Listen: As the U.S. Supreme Court takes up Tennessee’s ban on transgender healthcare, more families are leaving the state

Marianna Bacallao

December 3, 2024

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The Supreme Court will hear arguments on whether Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care is constitutional. Some families of transgender kids have left the state.

Filed Under: Politics, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: anti-lgbt, anti-lgbt legislaton, gender-affirming care, General Assembly, Jonathan Skrmetti, legislature, lgbt, lgbtq, Tennessee Attorney General, Tennessee Legislature, tnleg, tnpol, transgender

Disenfranchised Tennesseans will have their votes counted in the 2024 election, officials say

Marianna Bacallao

November 22, 2024

The votes of six formerly incarcerated Tennesseans will be counted in the 2024 election, despite a state election policy that disqualifies them from voting. The decision from Tennessee’s coordinator of elections comes as the state continues to oppose restoring the voting rights of Tennesseans with certain felony convictions.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Attorney General, disenfranchisement, Elections 2024, felony conviction, Jonathan Skrmetti, Mark Goins, Tennessee State Election Commission, voter registration in Tennessee, Voters, voting, voting rights

Disenfranchised Tennesseans can vote in this election, Nashville judge rules

Marianna Bacallao

November 4, 2024

Monday’s ruling has opened the door for disenfranchised Tennesseans to cast a ballot, but the final decision still rests in the state election commission’s hands.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Election in Depth 2024, Election Live Blog 2024, Politics, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: Attorney General, disenfranchisement, Elections 2024, felony conviction, Free Hearts, Jonathan Skrmetti, Tennessee State Election Commission, voter registration in Tennessee, Voters, voting, voting rights

Nashville’s DA secretly recorded defense attorneys, investigation finds. Tennessee’s AG won’t prosecute.

Marianna Bacallao

September 25, 2024

Former members of District Attorney Glenn Funk’s staff told investigators that it was common practice to record criminal defense attorneys.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: davidson county district attorney, Glenn Funk, Jonathan Skrmetti, public defenders, Tennessee Attorney General, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation

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