by Rod Williams, Dec. 11, 2024- The above is an informative and insightful video. Sarah Isgur of The Dispatch interviews Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti. They discuss Skrmetti's bio and how he became Tennessee's Attorney General and the scope and functioning of the office.
The bulk of the discussion is devoted to discussing the case just recently heard before the Supreme Court in which Tennessee's law banning gender transition medical treatment for minors was challenged. The nuances and complexity of the issue are explored. Tennessee is one of about 26 states that have placed restrictions on things like gender blockers, hormone treatment and surgery for minors for the purpose of sex reassignment. Skrmetti is optimistic Tennessee's law will stand. Also, this court case will likely be quite influential with various concurring opinions.
Sarah then talks to David French. French is an opinion writer for the New York Times, and an attorney who has a long history of defending religious liberty. He has a history as a conservative legal activist and pundit but is a Trump critic and has fallen out of favor with many in Trump world. As you may know, he is a resident of middle Tennessee. I have had the privilege of taking a class taught by French at Lipscomb University. He is one of my favorite conservatives of the current era.
The French segment is informative. I learned something. He clarifies the importance of the different levels of Judicial scrutiny. The three levels of scrutiny are strict scrutiny, intermediate scrutiny and the rational basis scrutiny. He breaks it down and explains it and how this applies and favors Tennessee in the Supreme Court case challenging the Tennessee bill protecting minors.
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