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  • In Landmark Skrmetti Case, Justice Thomas Demolishes The ‘Expert Class’

    06/18/2025 4:13:23 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 14 replies
    The Federalist ^ | June 18, 2025 | Shawn Fleetwood
    Associate Justice Clarence Thomas has never been shy about telling it like it is in his Supreme Court opinions. So, it came as little surprise when he demolished the so-called “expert class” in the high court’s Wednesday opinion in U.S. v. Skrmetti. In a 6-3 ruling, SCOTUS deemed a Tennessee law prohibiting the surgical and chemical castration of minors does not violate the 14th Amendment’s equal protection clause. The decision came along ideological lines, with all six Republican appointees voting in the affirmative and all three Democrat appointees dissenting.While signing onto Chief Justice John Roberts’ majority opinion in the case,...