About the film
Heightened Scrutiny is a 2025 documentary film directed by Sam Feder. The film follows Chase Strangio, lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), as he becomes the first openly transgender person to argue before the US Supreme Court. Strangio represented the plaintiffs in the case United States v.
Skrmetti, arguing that a Tennessee state law banning access to gender-affirming healthcare violated the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment.
From the film's Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA 4.0).