Former U.S. Attorney and current MSNBC legal analyst Barbara McQuade was distressed on Wednesday’s edition of Andrea Mitchell Reports as she tried to argue that the Supreme Court would be hypocritical if it decides to uphold Tennessee’s ban on gender-altering care for minors.
Mitchell asked McQuade to break out her crystal ball, “And while we’re listening to the arguments based on what you heard, how is this 6-to-3 conservative majority Court likely to rule?”
McQuade replied that, “Well, I’m troubled by a couple of things that I’ve heard in the arguments today. Of course, it’s a hard question, but what the Court is supposed to decide here is whether this violates the Constitution by making a determination on the basis of sex, not whether it is good or bad policy. That is something for legislatures and doctors…
