The Supreme Court will hear arguments concerning two cases from West Virginia and Idaho challenging laws prohibiting trans athletes from participating in girls' and women's sports. The West Virginia case involves a transgender middle schooler suing for the right to compete on her school's girls' cross-country team, receiving temporary approval. The Idaho case features a trans college student contesting the Fairness In Women's Sports Act, enacted in 2020. Both cases raise the question of whether such laws violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments in its upcoming term regarding two cases from West Virginia and Idaho challenging laws against trans athletes in women's sports.
The West Virginia case was brought by a transgender middle schooler seeking to participate on her school's girls' cross-country team, which has received temporary approval from the court.
The Idaho case involves a trans college student challenging the Fairness In Women's Sports Act, enacted in 2020, which restricts participation based on gender identity.
Both cases question whether laws barring sports participation by trans female athletes violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
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