Written by: Professor Susan Keller
Earlier this spring saw the publication of the book SCOTUS 2025 about the 2024 term of the U.S. Supreme Court. Professor Keller is the author of the chapter about U.S. v. Skrmetti, which held that state statutes prohibiting gender-affirming care for transgender minors was not a violation of the Equal Protection clause. A link to her chapter can be found here.
In April, Professor Keller’s article, The Double-Edged Rhetoric of Parental Rights: Conflicts between Freedom in Cases Concerning Transgender Youth was published in the Northwestern Journal of Law & Social Policy. This Article examines the rhetorical structures courts and advocates deploy in two distinct lines of cases adjudicating parental rights claims affecting transgender youth: cases challenging state bans on gender-affirming care, and cases challenging school policies supportive of transgender students.