I assure you I got it the first time. Dex knows he was speaking ex cathedra and I was talking out my ass. 
Or, ex anus, so to speak.
I don’t quite understand your point. I would have been pissed if he lost the case. There was no legal justification for taking the children from their parents. In fact it was so clear cut I was surprised that they even used it in the show. I guess they were just eager to get in a Prussian Blue tie in since it was all over 20/20 a little while ago.
It’s not like they have anything to do with humanity; hermaphroditic wouldn’t apply.
God Knows, David might argue that one!