En banc 1st Cir says that denying SRS is not "sufficiently harmful to Kosilek so as to violate the Eighth Amendment."pic.twitter.com/xJtYz9mMv5
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En banc 1st Cir says that denying SRS is not "sufficiently harmful to Kosilek so as to violate the Eighth Amendment."pic.twitter.com/xJtYz9mMv5
Judge Ojetta Rogeriee Thompson, dissenting, slams majority opinion:pic.twitter.com/ubCvFBH007
"Kosilek's case is not a legally complicated one." - Thompsonpic.twitter.com/xpNVH2b5Y9
WHOA: Judge Thompson concludes the 1st Circuit's en banc decision is akin to Plessy and Korematsu.pic.twitter.com/LaxmfP2AeZ
Today's decision "enables correctional systems to further postpone their adjustment to the crumbling gender binary," Thompson concludes.
That, folks, is a dissent.
@chrisgeidner how this court would rule if given the chance in the Puerto Rico SSM case is somewhat unclear to me
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