I didn't cry after the election. The tears came today while listening to this Amicus episode with Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern; when Mark talked about the playground at the end. It is indeed about who we are and want to be. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dee…

Sen. Elizabeth Warren calls on Leader Schumer to take immediate action while Democrats still control the Senate and the White House: "Schumer must use every minute of the end-of-year legislative session to confirm federal judges and key regulators—none of whom can be removed by

The hidden danger of the Supreme Court’s new trans rights case. slate.trib.al/HQkmXqU

I wrote this because even if (sadly) the conservative Supreme Court cannot bring itself to admit discrimination against trans people, there must be another way to let parents and doctors help adolescents who need it. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/pa…

Wrote this about Alito and Thomas presenting: "parental rights for me but not for thee" #Skrmetti slate.com/news-and-polit…

Prosecutors dropped the case against a Texas doctor who called himself a whistleblower on transgender care for minors and was accused of illegally obtaining private information on patients who weren’t under his care. nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-ne…

I'm attending Indivisible Chicago's event, “Protest Lurie Children’s Hospital elimination of gender-affirming care” - sign up now to join me! That hospitals in blue states stop caring for patients is insane. mobilize.us/indivisible/ev…

Wrote this Slate b/c the new DOJ tells SCOTUS it shouldn't hear parents trying to get their kids necessary healthcare although the court already agreed to hear from *conservative* parents who object to (pause) ... books... slate.com/news-and-polit… via @slate

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Happening next week American Bar Foundation in Chicago (with a virtual option). I will discuss US v Skrmetti and the conservative movement's appropriation and hypocritical use of parental rights. Would love your participation! americanbarfoundation.org/event/speaker-…

My new piece at Slate is about the false narrative of regret used to try to justify harming trans minors. Finally, a federal judge worked to refute it. More should do the same. It went live as I was presenting American Bar Foundation slate.com/news-and-polit…

Went with my son to hear Chris Hayes talking about THE SIRENS' CALL in Chicago. It felt like a social movement was born, and he led it. People stood up and clapped forever. When he said, "Don't give up," I falsely denied having tears in my eyes. Powerful.

Opinion: Southwestern Law's Hila Keren writes that the Supreme Court's Skrmetti decision leaves questions about due process and the First Amendment unanswered. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/pa…

I wrote Slate about SCOTUS latest "constitutional rights for me but not for thee" slate.com/news-and-polit…

Opinion: Southwestern Law professor Hila Keren says the Trump administration's slashing of California education grants based on the state's moves supporting trans youth unconstitutional, but the US Supreme Court may support it. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/hi…

My Bloomberg Law insight on how the administration censors California, trying to erase any mention of gender identity and trans students from sex education, and does so while emboldened by SCOTUS' recent decisions. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/hi…

I am very grateful for the invitation and publication by the Oxford Human Rights Hub. This is not normal and should not be normalized. Deep Denial and No Care: U.S. v. Skrmetti and the Anti-Trans Campaign ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/deep-denial-an…

Hila Keren (she/her) analyses the US v Skrmetti case which marks a significant & devastating departure from the constitutional principle of equal protection. Read more on the judicial sleight of hand leading to wrong interpretation of the Equal Protection Clause. ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/deep-denial-an…