Supreme Court upholds transgender athlete bans in schools
The 6-3 ruling says states may keep women’s teams for biological females, a decision that could affect similar bans in 25 other states.
- On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that Idaho and West Virginia may enforce laws barring transgender girls from female school sports, holding that Title IX and the 14th Amendment permit sex-based athletic classifications.
- Idaho adopted its Fairness in Women's Sports Act in 2020, followed by West Virginia's 2021 Save Women's Sports Act, both requiring public schools to designate athletic teams based on biological sex at birth.
- Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote that Title IX's reference to 'biological sex' permits sex-based classifications, reversing lower-court wins for Idaho student Lindsay Hecox and West Virginia student Becky Pepper-Jackson.
- The decision validates similar restrictions in 27 states, likely ending legal challenges to those measures; lawsuits in Connecticut and California regarding policies allowing transgender participation remain unresolved.
- President Donald Trump's administration backed the states, while Justice Sonia Sotomayor's dissent warned the majority 'cuts off that process prematurely,' arguing the court failed to address key factual questions regarding athletic advantage.
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Supreme Court upholds state transgender athlete bans
The U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 29, 2024. (Photo by Jane Norman/States Nerwsroom) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday kept in place state laws banning transgender athletes from participating on women’s and girls’ sports teams. The decision stems from challenges to bans in Idaho and West Virginia and marks a major setback for transgender rights across the country. The opinion also came as President Donald Trump’s administration has purs…
The Supreme Court has decided that U.S. states may exclude transgender athletes from competitions in women's and girls' sports. President Trump celebrates. The ruling in principle could have far-reaching consequences.
The Supreme Court of the United States validated Tuesday the exclusion of transgender sportsmen from women's school and university competitions, a victory for the conservative camp.
The ruling stipulates that states can ban transgender athletes from competing in women's categories.
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