Supreme Court Agrees to Review Constitutionality of Tennessee's Ban on Trans Care for Minors
A key dispute in the case is what level of constitutional scrutiny to apply to the state’s law: a rigorous form known as “heightened scrutiny” or a more lenient type of “rational-basis” review. The circuit court applied the latter and found that the state could rationally concluded that SB1 was an appropriate response to risks from puberty blockers and hormone therapy.