From New York Times, I'm Michael Bolbarrow. This is the Daily.

Today. In history-making arguments on Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard a major case on the rights of transgender children that could help uphold or dismantle

dozens of laws across the country. My colleague, Adam Liptack, listened in and explains how

it played out and how the justices are likely to rule.

Thank you. Justice's are likely to rule. It's Thursday, December 5th.

Adam, welcome back to the show.

It's good to be here.

Adam, this case that we're going to talk about today has that feeling of bigness that comes when the Supreme Court takes up a defining social issue of our time at the precise moment when that issue is completely front and center.

That's right. This is the biggest case of the term and would have been regardless.

But it hits the court just as we're coming off a presidential campaign in which trans rights

played a central role. So the Supreme Court confronts an important civil rights issue at just the

moment in time when it's at the peak of public scrutiny.

Right. And not just the presidential campaign, but school boards across the country and

sports leagues across the country. So tell us about this case and Adam, how it fits into all of that.

Well, this case, Michael, presents probably the most fraught question of all, gender transition

care for people under 18. And the case concerns a Tennessee law that bars providing some kinds of medical care to transgender minors to people under 18 years of age.

In particular, puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and surgery.

23 other states have similar laws.

And the Tennessee law was challenged by three families and a doctor.

The Biden administration intervened on the side of the families. And they say that the law violates

the Constitution's equal protection clause. And can you just explain that argument started by these families and, as you said,

picked up by the Biden administration about why this is an equal protection 14th Amendment

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