legal

Supreme Court Upholds State Bans on Transgender Athletes in Girls' School Sports

| United States

In consolidated cases West Virginia v. B.P.J. and Little v. Hecox, the Court ruled 6-3 (opinion by Justice Kavanaugh) that state laws restricting girls'/women's school sports teams to biological females do not violate the Equal Protection Clause; the Court was unanimous that the laws don't violate Title IX. Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson dissented on the constitutional question.

Supreme Court rules states may exclude transgender athletes from girls' and women's school sports
Supreme Court rules states may exclude transgender athletes from girls' and women's school sports — SCOTUSblog