US Supreme Court upholds transgender athlete bans in Idaho, West Virginia

The U.S. Supreme Court upheld state laws in Idaho and West Virginia that ban transgender athletes from participating on women’s and girls’ sports teams, ruling 6-3 that the bans do not violate the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. The decision rejected claims that Title IX or its 1974 amendment prohibits such restrictions, with dissenting justices arguing the majority failed to address factual disputes about transgender and cisgender athletes’ comparability.