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Supreme Court hears oral arguments Tuesday in cases that could determine whether states can ban transgender athletes from girls' and women's sports teams.
When the Supreme Court, led by Justice Neil Gorsuch, ruled in 2020 that federal law protected transgender workers from discrimination, the justices appeared to launch a new era of rights for a historically shunned group.
If the law proves unable to distinguish male from female in school sports, how can we expect clarity in prisons, shelters or restrooms?
The Supreme Court will hear a pair of cases Tuesday that could shape the future of women’s sports, as state laws limiting women’s sports to biological women come under the microscope. Idaho’s Fairness in Women’s Sports Act and West Virginia’s Save Women’s Sports Act are at the center of back-to-back arguments at the Supreme Court,