Skrmetti has led landmark legal cases from college sports to concert tickets and transgender health. In a visit to Dallas, the Tennessee A.G. joined Y’all-itics.
DALLAS — Outside of Tennessee, few probably know his name and most likely have trouble pronouncing it.
But Jonathan Skrmetti, the soft-spoken Tennessee Attorney General, is one to keep an eye on.
He has led some landmark legal cases from college sports to concert tickets. This month, he prevailed in a landmark legal decision on transgender health. Justices upheld a Tennessee law banning doctors from helping minors transition.
“This is the first constitutional case looking at gender identity issues that the court’s taken,” Skrmetti said on Y’all-itics. “There are a lot of different issues that came up in the argument. I thought the argument went very well for us. I mean we were able to get out everything for Tennessee that we hoped to get out in the arguments. I thought our briefing was very strong, but the courts had months to consider it.”
In Tennessee, the state supreme court appoints the Attorney General to an eight-year term. It is not an elected office. Skrmetti is less than halfway through his term, which expires in 2030.
In a recent trip to Texas, Skrmetti stopped by the Y’all-itics studio to see the Jasons, defend his work, discuss what might do after serving as A.G., and make a ruling on BBQ.
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