"Demonstrators rally outside of the Supreme Court as the justices hear oral arguments in two cases related to transgender athlete participation in sports in Washington, DC, on Jan. 13, 2026. The cases, Little v. Hecox and West Virginia v. B.P.J., seek to decide whether laws that limit participation to women and girls based on sex violate the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment. | © Jack Gruber / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images"
"My hot take is that I still believe there was no reason for the Supreme Court to take up a case on this issue. There are only a handful of transgender girls across the country playing school sports, and it is incredibly unusual for the Supreme Court to take up something that would impact so few people. The girls whose right to play is at issue are girls who don't pose any competitive or other safety issues for any other girls."
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Little v. Hecox and West Virginia v. B.P.J., challenging statewide bans that bar transgender girls from participating in school sports. Twenty-seven states prohibit trans girls from playing school teams, and the Idaho and West Virginia bans reached the Supreme Court after lower courts blocked them. The cases raise equal protection questions under the 14th Amendment about sex-based eligibility rules for women and girls. Advocates focused on transgender rights have worked to defeat numerous bills targeting trans youth. The contested students are few and are not documented as posing competitive or safety issues.
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