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Tennessee Attorney General

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

By 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

By 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.

By 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

By 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

By 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

First transgender attorney to argue before the Supreme Court, challenging Tennessee’s health care ban for minors

By The Associated Press

December 4, 2024

The issue of transgender rights animated the presidential campaign. Now it has made its way to the Supreme Court, and in more ways than one.

Filed Under: Politics, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: ACLU, gender-affirming care, sex and gender, Tennessee Attorney General, transgender

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

By 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

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

By 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

Appeals court spikes Tennessee’s bid to get family planning dollars despite abortion rule

By Kimberlee Kruesi, AP

August 28, 2024

A federal appeals court has shot down Tennessee’s attempt to collect millions of dollars in family planning funds without complying with federal rules requiring clinics to provide abortion referrals due to its current ban on the procedure.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Abortion, Associated Press, Attorney General, family planning, HHS, Jonathan Skrmetti, Tennessee Attorney General, Title X

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