Kansas v. Harper
Trial court, in granting a temporary injunction requiring an agency to apply to drivers’ licenses a state law that defines sex as an individual’s biological sex at birth, found requiring licenses to display a person’s sex as assigned at birth did not violate equal protection by discriminating based on sex or transgender status, or a right to personal autonomy or informational privacy. The Court of Appeals reversed the injunction on separate grounds and remanded for full consideration on the merits before a different judge, who had not already opined on the merits of the constitutional claims. The Kansas Supreme Court declined review of that decision.
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