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Supreme Court to Review State Bans on Transgender Athletes Next Term

The justices will decide if Idaho and West Virginia’s bans on transgender athletes violate the Equal Protection Clause or Title IX by June 2026.

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FILE - The Supreme Court is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
A view of the U.S. Supreme Court, in Washington, U.S. June 29, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt/File Photo

Overview

  • The Supreme Court agreed July 3 to hear appeals of Idaho’s 2020 Fairness in Women’s Sports Act and West Virginia’s 2021 Save Women’s Sports Act that bar transgender women and girls from female school teams.
  • Both the Ninth and Fourth Circuits blocked enforcement of the laws, granting injunctions that allow Lindsay Hecox and Becky Pepper-Jackson to continue competing.
  • Challengers argue the bans unlawfully discriminate based on sex and transgender status under the Fourteenth Amendment and federal civil rights protections in Title IX.
  • Oral arguments are set for October when the Court’s new term begins, with a ruling anticipated by the end of the term in June 2026.
  • More than twenty-seven states have enacted similar restrictions, making the Supreme Court’s decision decisive for the nationwide wave of transgender athlete bans.