Overview
- The justices heard arguments on challenges to Idaho and West Virginia laws restricting transgender girls from competing on girls’ school teams.
- Lower courts had ruled for the student athletes, setting up the Supreme Court review of Title IX and equal-protection claims.
- Reporting from the courtroom indicated at least five conservative justices viewed the bans as permissible under the Constitution or Title IX.
- Chief Justice John Roberts questioned whether the Court’s 2020 Bostock decision on workplace discrimination translates to school sports under Title IX.
- Justice Brett Kavanaugh highlighted potential harms to girls’ opportunities, and the Court left rulings for a later date.