{"id":122828,"date":"2025-06-12T15:58:31","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T23:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/?p=122828"},"modified":"2025-06-12T15:58:31","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T23:58:31","slug":"the-missouri-supreme-court-got-it-wrong-lawyers-react-to-states-sex-discrimination-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/06\/12\/the-missouri-supreme-court-got-it-wrong-lawyers-react-to-states-sex-discrimination-decision\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The Missouri Supreme Court Got It Wrong&#8217;: Lawyers React to State&#8217;s Sex Discrimination Decision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a 5-2 decision, the majority affirmed a Jackson County Circuit Court Judge&#8217;s decision to nullify a jury&#8217;s $4 million award to R.M.A., a transgender male student.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"0\" 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src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/rss20.png?fit=1080%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/div>\n<p>In a 5-2 decision, the majority affirmed a Jackson County Circuit Court Judge&#8217;s decision to nullify a jury&#8217;s $4 million award to R.M.A., a transgender male student.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/i\/920145395\/0\/law\/legal-news\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/2\/920145395\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1080\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/fbshare20.png?fit=1080%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/28\/920145395\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img 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