When the Supreme Court hears an appeal Wednesday from transgender youths challenging a Tennessee ban on their medical care, fundamental principles forbidding sex discrimination will be on the line.

The United States Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Wednesday in a case on whether states can ban gender-affirming surgeries for minors. Alabama filed a brief in support of the Tennessee law banning sex-change procedures for children challenged in the case.

A case to be heard by the Supreme Court on December 4th is set to reignite debate about one of the election’s most controversial issues: the rights of transgender people, and specifically the medical transitioning of minors.

Justice Antonin Scalia, writing for the other four justices, would have held that the only recess recognized by the Constitution occurs between the annual sessions of Congress, no

Ultimately, the Senate must take action to agree with Trump’s picks, one way or another. There is no way around it, all procedural maneuvering aside.

President-elect Donald Trump has said he may use temporary recess appointments to bypass the Senate confirmation process for his more controversial Cabinet picks.