Live: Supreme Court hears oral arguments on transgender rights

The Supreme Court on Wednesday will consider states’ ability to prevent transgender adolescents from using puberty blockers and hormone therapy, a major culture war flashpoint that comes to the high court after President-elect Donald Trump campaigned on ending what he called “left-wing gender insanity.” How the conservative court decides the transgender rights case out of Tennessee could affect not just access to specific medical treatments across much of the country, but could also impact ongoing legal challenges to other rules targeting transgender people, such as those restricting bathroom use and sports competition.