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Supreme Court vacates appeals court ruling in transgender inmate's Colorado jail case

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The Washington Examiner, The Daily Signal, The Washington Times and The Center Square report that the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday vacated a federal appeals court ruling in Roybal v. Griffith, a case brought by an El Paso County, Colorado, jail inmate who identifies as a woman. The outlets say the inmate, Darlene Griffith, sued over being housed in a men’s unit, being denied women’s items and being searched by male officers. The 10th Circuit had sided with Griffith and reversed a lower court’s dismissal of the suit. The justices sent the case back for reconsideration in light of their June ruling in West Virginia v. B.P.J. and gave no detailed explanation, the outlets report.

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  1. The Supreme Court vacated the 10th Circuit’s ruling on Monday and sent the case back for reconsideration.

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    Washington Examiner, The Washington Times, The Center Square
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    The Daily Signal

  2. The case concerns an El Paso County, Colorado, jail inmate who identifies as a woman and says male officers searched her and housed her with men.

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    Washington Examiner, The Center Square
    Far Right
    The Daily Signal

  3. The 10th Circuit had reversed the dismissal of the lawsuit and held that gender identity is covered by equal protection protections.

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    Washington Examiner, The Center Square
    Far Right
    The Daily Signal

  4. The justices pointed to their June ruling in West Virginia v. B.P.J. in sending the case back.

    One outletWashington Examiner· Right

  5. The Supreme Court did not give a detailed explanation for its order.

    One outletWashington Examiner· Right

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All four right-side outlets report that the Supreme Court vacated the 10th Circuit’s ruling in the Colorado jail case on Monday and sent it back. They differ mainly in emphasis: some present the order as a rebuke of the appeals court, while The Daily Signal focuses on the inmate’s male sex and the court’s recent transgender rulings.

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    Right-side headlines frame the order as a Supreme Court rebuke of the appeals court, with “slaps down” and “erases” stressing reversal, while The Daily Signal stresses the inmate’s male sex and housing request.

    Supreme Court Loaded verb“erases”Erases implies the lower ruling never existed, while the court only vacated it.More neutral: vacatesDisagree with this highlight? lower court ruling over strip-searches of transgender inmates
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  • Loaded verb

    slaps downMore neutral: vacates

    Slaps down adds a tone of rebuke that the court’s order does not itself state.

    Supreme Court slaps down ruling in transgender inmate case

    Used byThe Center Square (Right)

  • Loaded verb

    erasesMore neutral: vacates

    Erases implies the lower ruling never existed, while the court only vacated it.

    Supreme Court erases lower court ruling over strip-searches of transgender inmates

    Used byThe Washington Times (Right)

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  • Supreme Court reversal of the lower ruling
  • Inmate’s housing and strip-search claims
  • Recent Supreme Court transgender rulings
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  • Washington ExaminerRight

    Supreme Court tosses appeals court ruling in transgender prisoner case

    The Supreme Court tossed a federal appeals court ruling on Monday in a dispute over a strip search of a transgender inmate, sending it back to the lower court while pointing to the high court’s recent rulings in transgender cases over sports and surgeries for minors. The U.S. …

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  • The Daily SignalFar Right

    Supreme Court Orders New Look at Male Inmate’s Women’s Jail Case

    The Supreme Court agreed to toss a lower court ruling in favor of a male inmate who identifies as a woman and wants to be housed in a women’s unit. On Monday, the high court sent the case back for reconsideration by the 10th U.S. …

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  • The Washington TimesRight

    Supreme Court Loaded verb“erases”Erases implies the lower ruling never existed, while the court only vacated it.More neutral: vacatesDisagree with this highlight? lower court ruling over strip-searches of transgender inmates

    The Supreme Court on Monday vacated a lower court decision that found transgender women inmates could refuse to be searched by male prison guards.

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  • The Center SquareRight

    U.S. Supreme Court Loaded verb“slaps down”Slaps down adds a tone of rebuke that the court’s order does not itself state.More neutral: vacatesDisagree with this highlight? ruling in transgender inmate case

    (The Center Square) - The U.S. Supreme Court slapped down a ruling that said the rights of a transgender inmate in a Colorado prison were violated when the prison did not accommodate the inmate's preferences for treatment.

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    The Center Square, Nov 9, 9:52 AM EST

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  1. The Center SquareRightNov 9, 9:52 AM EST
  2. The Washington TimesRightNov 9, 10:00 AM EST
  3. The Daily SignalFar RightNov 9, 2:35 PM EST
  4. Washington ExaminerRightNov 9, 2:49 PM EST

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