macji

It's almost like the legal system is made to be obscure and obtuse by design. Difficult to know what's going on there as a lay person.

They are appealing temporary restraining orders, which are not legally appealeable! TROs are extreme methods of relief designed to stop something from occurring that has a huge risk of irreparable harm, and are temporary so that the court can actually take the time to weigh the issue.

Usually a TRO is issued for 2-3 weeks, the court takes that time to come to grips with what's happening, and then can rule with a better understanding. If you could just appeal a TRO, then you could just take the action that causes the irreparable harm faster than any court can effectively rule, which is why they're not supposed to be appealeable.

So yes, appealing a TRO is dystopian and illegal, but who can stop it? The supreme court eventually...

Because teenagers are dependants and the parents are responsible for their wellbeing. Since humans wish to and need to reproduce, society has ultimately decided (for better or worse) that the best way to protect everyone is to make children the responsibility of their parents until they are adults. The adults made the decision to have a child, and so that child is their responsibility until they child can be responsible for themselves.