Reposted by Chase StrangioChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 08/10/2026UPDATE: The plaintiffs have filed their response at SCOTUS in opposition to DOJ's stay request in the trans prison care case: www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/26... 010832
Reposted by Chase StrangioACLU @aclu.org · 01/10/2026President Trump does not have the power to unilaterally change Title IX. LGBTQ students continue to be protected from discrimination under federal civil rights law. With the administration's continued cruel anti-trans actions, schools must not waver in their commitment to protecting queer students.time.comTrump's Title IX Announcement Is Cruel. But It Does Not Change The Law“Schools can and should continue to include transgender students equally in all educational programs,” writes Chase Strangio. 6471130
Reposted by Chase StrangioEvan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The question presented here couldn't be more consequential. Answering "yes" would require the detention--without any possibility of a bond hearing--of millions of immigrants currently residing in the United States. 416157
Chase Strangio @chasestrangio.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The latest action rescinding the Title IX regs does not change the law. It is cruel, yes, but we should not panic and instead invest in state and local protections. time.com/article/2026...time.comTrump's Title IX Announcement Is Cruel. But It Does Not Change The Law“Schools can and should continue to include transgender students equally in all educational programs,” writes Chase Strangio. 0317
Reposted by Chase StrangioACLU @aclu.org · 30/09/2026URGENT: Hours before Tennessee was set to execute the first woman in the state in more than 200 years today, a federal court temporarily paused Christa Pike's execution. Tell Governor Lee to respect the court's decision and call off her execution NOW.tn.govShare my Opinion with the Governor's Office 321848
Chase Strangio @chasestrangio.bsky.social · 30/09/2026chasestrangio.substack.com/p/we-keep-fa...chasestrangio.substack.comWe Keep Falling For The Same Anti-LGBTQ Attacks.The attacks are not new but our willingness to fall for them is increasing. 0194
Reposted by Chase StrangioChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Weird he can’t bring this kind of energy towards his colleague who is accused of beating up his daughter. 883146573387
Chase Strangio @chasestrangio.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Food safety and trans justice are connected via Project 2025 where both are threatened. 29913
Reposted by Chase StrangioJulia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Such a good episode of the Guardian’s new podcast, featuring @samtlevin.bsky.social, @chasestrangio.bsky.social and some of the trans kids who just want to play sportspodcasts.apple.com'Gratuitously cruel': Chase Strangio on how trans youth became political targetsPodcast Episode · Stateside with Kai and Carter · July 8 · 39m · Video 05115
Reposted by Chase StrangioThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 08/07/2026From @theathletic.com: It’s time to admit the uncomfortable truth: The U.S. may never win a men’s World Cup. "This sport belongs to the world. We borrow it every few years," our columnist writes. "America is not built for the beautiful game."nyti.msLet’s admit it: The United States is never going to win a men’s World CupIt’s OK that America, with its NFL addiction and countless other diversions, might never lift the trophy. It's not surrender. It's normalcy. 619412
Reposted by Chase StrangioGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Vile: Mike Johnson just said GOP might try to undo birthright citizenship with legislation, which is unconstitutional. I've noticed a pattern: He and Vance are using sleazy new language to sell this as a trivial reform. The threat is very much alive. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2127...newrepublic.comTrump’s Vile New Birthright Stance Is So Toxic, Even Fox Admits ItMike Johnson is now floating a “legislative fix” to birthright citizenship. That’s an assault on the Constitution—and a vote that vulnerable Republicans will hate, if recent polling from Fox News is a... 10225681116
Reposted by Chase StrangioDemocracy Now! @democracynow.org · 01/07/2026The Supreme Court has ruled that states can prohibit trans student athletes from competing in women’s and girls’ sports teams. These bans are part of an “effort that we’re seeing escalate to push trans people out of public life,” says Chase Strangio, co-director of the ACLU’s LGBTQ & HIV Project.democracynow.org“We Continue to Fight”: Chase Strangio on the Supreme Court’s Ban on Trans Girls & Women in SportsThe Supreme Court has ruled that states can prohibit transgender student athletes from competing in women’s and girls’ sports teams, with the court’s conservative justices finding that such bans — cur... 311037
Reposted by Chase StrangioJay Willis @jaywillis.net · 30/06/2026Clarence Thomas's concurring opinion in the trans sports ban case in West Virginia contains some of the ugliest transphobic stuff I have ever seen in a legal opinion. Straight-up gleeful. Vile man. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p... 2183354971
Reposted by Chase StrangioEric Coulson @ericcoulson.bsky.social · 29/06/2026You knew this weeks @strictscrutiny.bsky.social was goign to be dark when @kateshaw.bsky.social was droipping f-bombs 5 minutes in.podcasts.apple.comSCOTUS Keeps Rewriting Gun HistoryPodcast Episode · Strict Scrutiny · June 29 · 1h 21m 0259
Chase Strangio @chasestrangio.bsky.social · 28/06/2026I have been focused mostly on litigation lately, but I took a moment to reflect on two things I love: sports and queerness. chasestrangio.substack.com/p/june-is-fo...chasestrangio.substack.comJune is For Sports and PrideMy love for sports and queerness go hand in hand. 1465
Reposted by Chase StrangioLPE Blog @lpeblog.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Some pertinent reading for anyone outraged by what happened to Pete Buttigieg and his family:lpeproject.orgBuilding a World Without Family PolicingFar from promoting the well-being of children, the so-called child welfare system weaponizes children as a way to threaten families, to scapegoat parents for societal harms to their children… 29146
Reposted by Chase StrangioSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 25/06/2026With seven decisions with the *same* 6-3 lineup over the last three days, I really can't wait for all of the hot takes from the folks who keep insisting that #SCOTUS *isn't* defined by its ideological division. 15469051502
Reposted by Chase StrangioRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 25/06/2026It's weird the way the Democratic alleged leadership (Jeffries too) think that the party is a club with rules rather than something the voters choose. It's....undemocratic. But also didn't the voters choose these people because of their policies, not just because of Mandani? 1012502419
Reposted by Chase StrangioLeah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Today was an absolute blood bath at SCOTUS for the less powerful to enforce civil rights in the federal courts. TL;dr - SCOTUS rules 6-3 that only corporations have rights that are enforceable in federal court?? 742113935
Reposted by Chase StrangioIndivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 23/06/2026The young voters who elected Mayor Mamdani have lagged way behind in early voting counts this month. If you want to do the mayor a solid and replace the status quo in Congress with new progressive energy, Election Day is tomorrow from 6a-9p. Check your poll site at vote.nyc and remind your friends.vote.nycHome | NYC Board of Elections 211044467
Reposted by Chase StrangioChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 21/06/2026OK, so, we don't quite know what's up here — and it appears to have to do with the judge's availability and nothing to do with the case — but ... The TRO hearing that was supposed to be 2:30p Monday in the NYU Langone (and NYC) trans care grand jury subpoena case has been postposed. 413936
Reposted by Chase StrangioEric Segall @espinsegall.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Late last night the Supreme GOP Court made it virtually impossible to prove racial discrimination in redistricting in a shadow docket case from Alabama. Just beyond awful. Read this by @rickhasen.bsky.social electionlawblog.org?p=156541electionlawblog.orgBreaking: The Supreme Court, Over the Dissent of the 3 Liberal Justices, Allows Alabama to Use Maps that a Lower Court Found to Be Intentionally Discriminating Against Black Voters (Now Updated with A...You can find the 21 pages of order and dissents at this link. In an unsigned opinion, the Supreme Court is allowing Alabama to change its congressional district lines at the last minute to impose a ma... 29034
Reposted by Chase StrangioBrian Lyman @brianlyman.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Alabama Legislature is meeting on redistricting; we are under a tornado watch, and it’s flooding in the building. These metaphors are too on the nose. 248103652398
Reposted by Chase StrangioMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Hmmmm, who do I trust more to look out for women, Smith College or a Trump appointee currently being sued for covering up years of sexual abuse? 382286541
Reposted by Chase StrangioCristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 01/05/2026A banner week for Louisiana winning court rulings that hurt its own people. 210122
Reposted by Chase StrangioDemocracy Now! @democracynow.org · 29/01/2026The ACLU is raising alarm over a facial recognition app loaded onto the smartphones of immigration agents to identify and arrest people. "It's being used on the street in ways that are dangerous, that are totally unprecedented in this country, and that are, frankly, blatantly illegal." 11346185
Reposted by Chase StrangioBruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay freeyoutu.beBruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen 42559708540544
Reposted by Chase StrangioClara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 29/01/2026“We are a Minneapolis 2nd grade Brownie Troop of 12 including trans and neurodiverse youth and 75% BIPOC kids. We want to go to summer camp and try horseback riding! During the current ICE occupation we need your support more than ever...” And that’s how I ordered 4 boxes of thin mints. 551624839
Reposted by Chase StrangioAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/01/2026Ossoff: "This is a seismic event. This should have people across the country absolutely shook. This is a huge deal. This is an FBI raid on the Fulton County Elections office ... This is a shot across the bow at the midterm elections. He tried to steal power when he lost it in 2020." 8623054213370
Reposted by Chase StrangioAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/01/2026ICE activity has not noticeably tapered off yet here and in fact this week they seem to be focused on terrorizing kids at bus stops and schools. 250102923617
Reposted by Chase StrangioAmanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 28/01/2026Congrats to Kennedy and Trump—living the dream 361113318
Reposted by Chase StrangioRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 25/01/2026"Those who were violent and those who were not have equal responsibility to be nonviolent" should lead to some pretty obvious conclusions. Unless you're NYT editorial in which case, "both the perpetrators and the victims had a responsibility not to do it but never mind who did it." 2452092
Reposted by Chase StrangioDave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Good afternoon from downtown Chicago, where despite heavy snowfall, thousands have gathered for an anti-ICE/CBP demonstration in solidarity with the Twin Cities. More are still streaming in. Lt. Illinois Gov. Juliana Stratton just addressed the crowd, and called for ICE to be abolished. 141151373647
Reposted by Chase StrangioSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 25/01/2026For "One First," I wrote about DOJ's unprecedented attempt to secretly strong-arm a widely respected district judge in the Cities Church protest case—and why everyone, especially other federal judges, should read Chief Judge Schiltz's two letters in response: www.stevevladeck.com/p/205-chief-...stevevladeck.com205. Chief Judge Schiltz and the Department of JusticeEvery federal judge (and justice) should read the two letters from Chief Judge Patrick Schiltz in the church protest case—and what they tell us about the Department of Justice's litigation behavior. 21798327
Reposted by Chase StrangioElizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 25/01/2026If I hear one more big name former prosecutor attorney call for better training of fascist military forces that are killing people, I am going to yeet my phone into the sun. As I said yest, there are legal commentators who are built for this moment, and PLENTY, including those on MSM, who ARE NOT. 1445267
Reposted by Chase StrangioAnna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 24/01/2026A magistrate judge found no probable cause to support arrest warrants for 5 people involved in the St. Paul church protest. DOJ appealed to the 8th Cir. That appeal led to this remarkable letter from the Chief Judge of the Minnesota district court… storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 4834411010
Reposted by Chase StrangioAnders @derzquist.net · 25/01/2026One of the best organizers I know in the Twin Cities has a great line, "We can't always take away the hurt, but we can take away the alone." 102833678
Reposted by Chase StrangioJeff Rueter @jeffrueter.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti. "Please get the truth out about our son." 1962469212669
Reposted by Chase StrangioLydia Polgreen @polgreen.bsky.social · 24/01/2026One thing that irks me: people keep calling the folks on the streets in Minneapolis protestors. They are not generally there to protest, they are there to observe and document. This is the product of organizing and mutual aid. It is telling that these acts of citizenship are seen as protest! 103104232823
Reposted by Chase StrangioBrandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 24/01/2026All I see is federal agents getting violent with residents, over and over, while Democratic leaders repeatedly tell those residents to calm down and not do anything in response. This is not sustainable. 151159297
Reposted by Chase StrangioMichelle R. Smith @bymichellersmith.com · 24/01/2026Woman tells Minnesota Public Radio that the man killed today was helping vehicle traffic get around the area where ICE agents and observers had started to gather and "next thing I knew, they shot him." www.mprnews.org/live-updates....mprnews.orgThe latest on ICE in MinnesotaLive updates on ICE enforcement in Minnesota, with the latest developments and links to deeper reporting as events unfold. 161923982
Reposted by Chase StrangioNick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 24/01/2026The people who'll tell you today's murder victim in Minnesota shouldn't have turned up to a protest carrying a gun are the same people who said Kyle Rittenhouse was perfectly entitled to do the same thing. 5571662532
Reposted by Chase StrangioMark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 24/01/2026To put a finer point on it: Republicans have embraced the “insurrectionist theory” of the Second Amendment—the notion that you have a constitutional right to stage an armed rebellion against the government if it becomes tyrannical. Now they’re lining up to say ICE can shoot any armed protester? 471895490
Reposted by Chase StrangioJen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 23/01/2026It's so cold out here, I can't take pics or film for more than a minute because my fingertips hurt so much. Just looked, it's currently negative 8. And yet, look at everyone out here, going strong, fired up, so kind to each other. Some have been singing. 261227272
Reposted by Chase StrangioKerry Howley @kerryhowley.bsky.social · 23/01/2026I wrote about Minneapolis. nymag.com/intelligence...nymag.comThe People vs. ICERenee Good’s death galvanized a city eager to push back against Trump’s invasion. 382477825
Reposted by Chase StrangioJack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 23/01/2026The clergy just keep coming to this anti-ICE protest. Genuinely unclear where they all will go — it’s packed outside on the sidewalk already. 5955991606
Reposted by Chase StrangioAna Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 23/01/2026I’ve been live-streaming the arrests of clergy in IG. www.instagram.com/reel/DT3HWiH...instagram.comAna Marie Cox on Instagram: "From Minnesota, I am doing my best here is it’s very cold and there’s lots happening so three of the bad camera work."1 likes, 0 comments - anamariecox on January 23, 2026: "From Minnesota, I am doing my best here is it’s very cold and there’s lots happening so three of the bad camera work.". 7361137
Reposted by Chase StrangioJack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 23/01/2026Police have arrived. Arrests seem imminent. The crowd chants “let them pray” and “Minnesota nice means prosecute ICE” 5730701018
Reposted by Chase StrangioJack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 23/01/2026As clergy pray, arrests begin 18757322662
![2 WEST VIRGINIA v. B. P. J.
THOMAS, J., concurring
judgment). Because “gender dysphoria” is a mutable men-
tal state that is the object of psychiatric treatment, it does
not resemble the immutable characteristics on the basis of
which our precedents have applied heightened scrutiny—
race, sex, or national origin. Instead, gender dysphoria re-
sembles other characteristics on the basis of which legisla-
tures may classify with a merely rational basis. See, e.g.,
Heller v. Doe, 509 U. S. 312, 321 (1993) (mental illness);
Plyler v. Doe, 457 U. S. 202, 220 (1982) (immigration sta-
tus). Legislatures have many obvious rational bases to
keep men who believe that they are women out of teams
and private spaces reserved for women.
Second, as the Court recognizes, this case concerns “bio-
logical men” and “boys who identify as girls.” Ante, at 10,
27. Men and boys with gender dysphoria are not women or
girls, even if they believe that they are. Sex is an immuta-
ble “biological” characteristic, see ante, at 10; it is binary;
and “man” and “woman,” “boy” and “girl,” are the terms that
correspond to adults and children of each sex. See A. Byrne,
Are Women Adult Human Females? 177 Philosophical
Studies 3783, 3786–3787 (2020). To use language to ob-
scure reality—to show “indifference regarding the truth”—
is to lie to the public and cease to treat our fellow citizens
“as equal[s].” J. Pieper, Abuse of Language—Abuse of
Power 17, 21 (1992).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bpna2qi2e44fafbhhtqjak3x/bafkreibwsxtosqddkiskx5oxonnai4ha7ygixfcqmnbsxb27z3q43jh4iu)
