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Term Talk: United States v. Skrmetti; Ames v. Ohio Dept. of Youth Servs.

The nation's top legal scholars discuss what federal judges need to know about the U.S. Supreme Court's most impactful decisions. 

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Erwin Chemerinsky, Tara L. Grove, James A. Chance
October 9, 2025

Equal Protection. Title VII. Experts discuss the Supreme Court's application of rational basis review to restrictions on transgender medical care for minors in United States v. Skrmetti, and in Ames v. Ohio, the application of the same evidentiary standard to all protected classes under Title VII.

Participants. Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean and Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law; Tara Grove, Vinson and Elkins Chair in Law, University of Texas, Austin, School of Law; and Jim Chance, Senior Education Attorney, Judicial and Legal Education, Federal Judicial Center.

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