Behind the Scenes: The Supreme Court Protects Parental Rights, by Jeffrey M. Trissell

While parents were losing case after case, it was finally Catholic teachers who stood up against the loss of parental rights in the classroom in a case that affirmed their constitutional rights.

On March 2, 2026, the United States Supreme Court issued a watershed ruling in Mirabelli v. Bonta, a case that set the binding, nationwide precedent that schools cannot secretly socially transition a gender-confused minor. The majority per curiam opinion is less than 1,800 words. Since September 2022, I have spent just over 1,800 hours working on the case alongside lead counsel Paul Jonna. That’s one hour for every word. It was 100 percent worth it.

The case has more than enough facts to make your stomach sick. In January 2016, after pressure from activist groups, the California Department of Education published new guidance on the legal rights of “transgender youth in schools” in the form of two webpages: a Legal Advisory page and an FAQ page. Therein, the CDE explained that because of the Privacy Clause of the California Constitution, “[w]ith rare exceptions, schools are required to respect the limitations that a student places on the disclosure of their transgender status, including not sharing that information with the student’s parents.” ….

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