A federal appeals court on Tuesday allowed Indiana’s ban on gender-affirming care to go into effect, removing a temporary injunction a judge issued last year.

The ruling was handed down by a panel of justices on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago. It marked the latest decision in a legal challenge the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana filed against the ban, enacted last spring amid a national push by GOP-led legislatures to curb LGBTQ+ rights.

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    8 months ago

    Because laws tell them what to decide. The courts are there to make sure the laws don’t infringe on constitutional rights, on federal laws etc., but they don’t create rules.

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      8 months ago

      but they don’t create rules.

      I see you’re unfamiliar with our court system and only know the idealized version.

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        If a court decides to interpret a law some way or another, it’s because the law’s wording allowed for some leeway.

        That’s on the lawmakers.