On Tuesday, the Seventh
Circuit Court of Appeals issued a groundbreaking ruling in favor of a
transgender student named Ash Whitaker, the ruling upheld the preliminary
injunction, issued by a federal district court in September 2016, that has
allowed Ash, a High School senior, to use the bathroom that corresponds with
his gender identity without fear of discipline or invasive surveillance by
school officials. This landmark
unanimous decision, by the three-judge panel held that transgender students are
protected from discrimination under Title IX of the Education Amendments of
1972 and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S.
Constitution. Joining me today to talk
all about the ruling and what it means for transgender students across the
country is Shannon Minter, who is
the Legal Director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights and a Board Member
of The Transgender Law & Policy Institute.
Earlier today,
President Trump wrote on twitter that he will be announcing his decision on whether
he will withdraw the United States from the Paris Accord over the next few
days, and according to multiple reports this is something he plans on doing
which make the US join the ranks of such nations as Syria and Nicaragua in
rejecting the historic pact to address climate change. Joining me today to talk all about the
importance of Paris Climate Accord to US environmental policy and the impact
our withdrawal would have on international policy is Dan Kanninen who is a former White House Liaison to the EPA for the
Obama Administration where he played a key role in the efforts to support
former President Obama’s Clean Power Plan and in campaigns to oppose the
Keystone XL Pipeline.
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