The High Court Report11 Aug 2025

The Bostock Bounce Back? How Skrmetti's Retreat from Bostock Sets Up a SCOTUS Sports Showdown

This episode revisits the Supreme Court's 2020 Bostock decision and examines how the Court's recent retreat from Bostock in United States v. Skrmetti sets up a constitutional showdown over transgender rights in school sports.

We analyze the methodical legal reasoning behind Bostock's landmark ruling that Title VII protects gay and transgender employees, then explore how each faction of justices treated Bostock differently in Skrmetti's constitutional challenge to Tennessee's transgender healthcare ban.

The episode concludes by examining how both sides strategically deployed Bostock and anticipated Skrmetti's outcome in their cert petitions for the upcoming transgender sports cases, revealing fundamental disagreements about statutory interpretation, constitutional methodology, and the scope of civil rights protections.

Cases Covered:

Bostock v. Clayton County | Case No. 17-1618, 17-1623, 18-107 | Opinion: Here
United States v. Skrmetti | Case No. 23-477 | Opinion: Here
State of West Virginia v. B.P.J. | Case No. 24-735 | Docket Link: Here
Little v. Hecox (Idaho) | Case No. 24-38 | Docket Link: Here
West Virginia v. B.P.J. | Case No. 24-43 | Docket Link: Here

Episodes Referenced:

August 5th Roundup: Presidential Power Crushes Agency Independence, Court Places Voting Rights Act in Crosshairs and Maryland v. Shatzer, a Case That Evolved Beyond Its Origins | Link: Here
July 7th Roundup: New Certs: Transgender Rights in Schools and Religious Liberties | Link: Here
Opinion Summary: United States v. Skrmetti | Date Decided: 6/18/25 | Case No. 23-477 | Link: Here
Oral Argument: United States v. Skrmetti | Case No. 23-477 | Date Argued: 12/4/24 | Link: Here

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