PBS NewsHour reported that the Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to allow the Trump administration to immediately enforce new medical restrictions for transgender people in prison. The report, credited to Lindsay Whitehurst of The Associated Press, said the decision leaves in place a lower-court block on the policy. The PBS NewsHour report is the source for the timing and the lower-court block.
CBS News also reported that the Supreme Court rejected an effort from the Trump administration to restrict some medical treatments for transgender inmates. Its video explainer features CBS News legal contributor Jessica Levinson, who breaks down the ruling.
The two accounts describe the policy differently. PBS NewsHour refers to new medical restrictions, while CBS News refers to restrictions on some medical treatments. Neither summary identifies which treatments would be affected.
According to the available summaries, the court's action rejected the administration's effort, but only PBS NewsHour mentions the lower-court block. The summaries do not state how the justices voted, what reasoning the court gave, or what the lower court found.
Read together, the reports indicate that the Supreme Court did not allow the administration to proceed with the restrictions, and that the lower-court block remains in place. Neither PBS NewsHour nor CBS News, as described in these summaries, includes a response from the administration.
Sources: PBS NewsHour: Supreme Court rebuffs Trump administration restrictions on medical care for transgender inmates; CBS News: Lawyer explains Supreme Court decision on medical treatment for transgender inmates.