Overview
- Oral arguments in Little v. Hecox and West Virginia v. B.P.J. are set for Tuesday, with live audio streaming beginning at 10 a.m. ET.
- Lower courts blocked both states’ laws; the West Virginia case raises Title IX and Equal Protection issues, while the Idaho case presents an Equal Protection challenge.
- Lindsay Hecox asked to withdraw her Idaho case; the Supreme Court deferred that request until after argument, leaving the question of dismissal open.
- The Trump administration supports the bans through briefs and a 2025 executive order threatening to pull education funds from schools that allow transgender girls to compete, and the NCAA shifted policy to comply.
- A ruling could directly affect similar laws in roughly two dozen states and shape federal policy on gender identity in areas such as bathrooms, passports and school funding.