Strangio
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by
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Ed.
note:
Welcome
to
our
daily
feature,
Quote
of
the
Day.
It
is
in
the
service
of
excellence
that
we
expand
the
Supreme
Court
bar,
and
the
people
who
are
in
court
as
litigators.
For
younger
trans
lawyers,
I
know
how
important
it
is
to
see
versions
of
yourself
reflected
in
different
spaces.
—
Chase
Strangio,
co-director
for
transgender
justice
with
the
ACLU’s
LGBTQ
&
HIV
Project,
in
comments
given
to
the
ABA
Journal,
concerning
the
addition
of
more
transgender
lawyers
to
the
Supreme
Court
bar.
Strangio
made
history
in
December
2024
as
the
first-ever
openly
transgender
lawyer
to
argue
before
the
Supreme
Court.
During
his
appearance
in U.S.
v.
Skrmetti,
Strangio
shared
time
with
the
Biden
administration,
arguing
that
Tennessee’s
ban
on
gender
affirming
care
for
minors
violates
the
Constitution’s
equal
protection
clause.
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Zaretsky is
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Law,
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worked
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2011.
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