Supreme Court denies Trump stay on transgender inmate treatment

By Ryan King | New York Post

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court rebuffed the Trump administration’s emergency petition to immediately revive its restrictions on transgender treatment for inmates in federal prisons on Wednesday.

President Trump’s team had requested the high court stay a lower court ruling blocking that policy from taking effect while litigation over it plays out, but the high court rejected it without explanation, which is standard practice for emergency applications.

Republican appointed Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas both would’ve granted Trump’s request for a stay on the lower court’s ruling against the Trump administration.

Trump has enjoyed a high success rate before the Supreme Court with emergency petitions since he returned to the White House in January of last year, though his record on merits cases has been much more mixed.

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