Trump administration asks Supreme Court to reinstate passport gender rule

The Trump administration on Friday urged the Supreme Court to allow enforcement of a passport framework requiring applicants to use male or female sex markers that match their birth certificates rather than their gender identity According to the Associated Press the Justice Department is seeking to overturn lower-court rulings that blocked the rule after lawsuits from transgender and nonbinary citizens Plaintiffs argue the program violates constitutional rights while the administration contends the governing body cannot be forced to accept what it calls inaccurate sex designations on official documents The rule stems from a January executive order in which Trump declared the United States would recognize only two sexes male and female based on immutable biological classification The State Department later changed its passport application rules to comply A federal judge blocked the strategy in June and an appeals court upheld the order Solicitor General D John Sauer communicated the justices the regime s position is consistent with a contemporary Supreme Court ruling that upheld state bans on transition-related care for minors Civil rights groups including the ACLU blasted the appeal as part of what they called a broader effort by the Trump administration to roll back protections for transgender Americans The post Trump administration asks Supreme Court to reinstate passport gender rule appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta