Key Facts

• The Supreme Court issued an emergency order blocking the Trump administration’s policy on transgender inmates’ medical care.
• The policy aimed to deny surgery and hormone treatments to transgender prisoners.
• Two conservative justices, Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas, dissented from the Court’s decision.
• The legal challenge comes from transgender inmates in federal prisons in New Jersey, Florida, and Minnesota.
• The order did not include an explanation from the justices.
• The case is ongoing, with further legal arguments expected.
• The federal government, White House, and ACLU have been contacted for comments.