Majority opinion here by the former Becket Fund lawyer who also litigated to defend marriage bans, now-5th Circuit Judge Kyle Duncan, who everyone knew was anti-trans when he was nominated and now he's an appellate judge for life writing these sorts of opinions.
As Gabe says ...
In "it's a small [and awful] world" news, Judge Smith, who joins Duncan's majority opinion today, was on the panel that heard the marriage cases back in 2014, where Duncan argued to uphold Louisiana's ban. Smith was the one judge who seemed to side with Duncan at arguments.
Anyway, here's @LambdaLegal's warning about Duncan from back when Trump nominated him: lambdalegal.org/blog/20180205_…
And here's @civilrightsorg's opposition: civilrights.org/resource/oppos…
And here's @civilrightsorg's opposition: civilrights.org/resource/oppos…
Yes, Duncan had specific anti-trans cases before he took the bench as well:
