Judges and Judiciary,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Feb. 28, 2020
The increasing positioning and politicized federal courts
The 9th Circuit has entered a new era of judicial positioning and politicization illustrated by its recent decisions and opinions in a case about a transgender inmate seeking gender confirmation surgery.
Sanford Jay Rosen
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The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has entered a new era of judicial positioning and politicization illustrated by its recent decisions and opinions in Edmo v. Corizon, Inc.
Andree Edmo is a transgender inmate in prison in Idaho. Assigned male gender at birth, she self-identified as female when she was 5 or...
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