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Supreme Court takes up transgender school athlete bans
The Supreme Court agreed Thursday to decide whether states can ban transgender athletes from competing on girls and women's school sports teams. The justices said they would hear appeals from Republican leaders in Idaho and West Virginia defending their state bans. A decision is expected by next summer. The move sets up another major dispute over transgender rights before the conservative-majority court that recently upheld Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for minors. In the wake of that decision, the justices Monday sent back to lower courts disputes involving Idaho's Medicaid prohibition on transition-related surgeries, North Carolina's similar ban in its state-sponsored health plan and Oklahoma's refusal to change the listed sex on transgender people's birth certificates. But the Supreme Court held onto the transgender athlete cases that had piled up on their docket, weighing requests from Idaho and West Virginia's Republican attorneys general to get involved now. 'It's a great day, as female athletes in West Virginia will have their voices heard,' West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey (R) said Thursday. 'We are confident the Supreme Court will uphold the Save Women's Sports Act because it complies with the U.S. Constitution and complies with Title IX. And most importantly: it protects women and girls by ensuring the playing field is safe and fair,' he added. The justices' decision next term stands to impact a wave of laws restricting transgender athletes' participation in 27 states. In 2020, Idaho became the first state in the nation to ban trans students from competing on teams that match their gender identity. In February, President Trump signed an executive order opposing transgender women and girls' participation in female sports. 'Female athletes are losing medals, podium spots, public recognition, and opportunities to compete due to males who insist on participating in women's sports,' Idaho wrote in its petition. 'So much of what women and girls have achieved for themselves over the course of several decades is being stolen from them—all under the guise of 'equality.'' The laws have sparked an array of legal challenges that argue they violate the 14th Amendment's Equal Protection Clause and Title IX, the federal law against sex discrimination in schools. Many of the challenges are spearheaded by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which represents the plaintiffs in both Idaho and West Virginia. 'Like any other educational program, school athletic programs should be accessible for everyone regardless of their sex or transgender status. Trans kids play sports for the same reasons their peers do — to learn perseverance, dedication, teamwork, and to simply have fun with their friends,' said Joshua Block, senior counsel for the ACLU's LGBTQ & HIV Project. 'Categorically excluding kids from school sports just because they are transgender will only make our schools less safe and more hurtful places for all youth. We believe the lower courts were right to block these discriminatory laws, and we will continue to defend the freedom of all kids to play.' In Idaho, the civil rights group represents Lindsay Hecox, a transgender runner who wanted to compete on Boise State University's women's track and cross-country teams. Lower court rulings allowed Hecox to try out for the teams, leading to Idaho's latest appeal. 'Petitioners seek to create a false sense of national emergency when nothing of the sort is presented by this case. This case is about a four-year old injunction against the application of H.B. 500 with respect to one woman, which is allowing her to participate in club running and club soccer in her final year of college,' Hecox's legal team wrote in court filings last year. The ACLU similarly urged the court to turn away the appeal in West Virginia, where a lower court blocked the state from enforcing its ban against Becky Pepper-Jackson, a high school student who throws discus and shot put for her school's girls track-and-field team. When Pepper-Jackson first sued the state over its restrictions on transgender athletes, she was 11 years old and in middle school. Both Idaho and West Virginia's attorneys general brought on Alliance Defending Freedom, a conservative Christian legal powerhouse, to defend their bans. Updated at 9:54 a.m. EDT Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
New York Post
an hour ago
- New York Post
Trump's remarkable win streak marks a big, beautiful beginning for a historic second term
As you may be able to tell from the Democrats' caterwauling, Thursday's House passage of the Big, Beautiful Bill culminates an epic run of wins for President Donald Trump. First, he took the bold, historic step of ordering a massive bombing raid on Iran's nuclear-enrichment facilities. The Obama-Biden crowd long insisted that the only way to address the mad mullahs' drive to get The Bomb was appeasement — including sending them pallets of currency in convenient denominations. Advertisement Trump flipped off that idiocy (which only promoted Tehran's power) and stared down the kooky right-wing quarters that insisted that confronting Iran would mean the certain death of thousands of American troops and another decades-long 'forever war.' US forces flawlessly carried out Trump's limited, tactical strike on Iran's nuclear facilities — and the commander-in-chief followed up with an immediate push for peace, ending the Israel-Iran war. Prospects for peace across the Middle East are now the brightest they've been in over a century. Advertisement Smaller Trump diplomatic wins range from making Canada drop its planned 'tech tax' on US digital companies to a trade deal with Vietnam that will help reduce our supply-chain dependence on China. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court backed up the president on multiple key fronts, including his deportation powers — and most crucially by making it clear that activist lower-court federal judges can't routinely impose national injunctions on the executive branch. And CBS parent Paramount has agreed to pay $16 million (as well as airing millions more in public-service announcements) to settle Trump's lawsuit over the scandalous political gaming at '60 Minutes.' Keep up with today's most important news Stay up on the very latest with Evening Update. Thanks for signing up! Enter your email address Please provide a valid email address. By clicking above you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Never miss a story. Check out more newsletters Advertisement Meanwhile, administration pressure is working even on campus, as the University of Virginia ousted a president who wouldn't let go of racist DEI policies and the University of Pennsylvania agreed to keep men out of women's sports, even erasing swimmer Lia Thomas' bogus records. All while the stock market sets new-record highs even as every jobs report comes in stronger that expected, while inflation stays in check despite the doomsaying over Trump's tariffs. Then there's the BBB, the massive budget bill that enacts much of Trump's agenda and prevents a disastrous tax hike that was otherwise baked-in. Advertisement Getting this one passed despite narrow majorities in both House and Senate is a major victory. Yes, we worry about when Washington will tackle its spending problems — and we're heartbroken over the Pentagon's cutoff of key arms to Ukraine. But the president's overall win streak is truly remarkable, and all in less than six months after he re-entered the Oval Office — and not yet a year after that assassin's bullet came centimeters from taking his life. Presidents are usually much weaker in a second term; with this incredible start, Trump looks to be setting yet another new record for success.
Fox News
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- Fox News
Trump administration scores win as Supreme Court approves deportations to third countries
The Supreme Court on Thursday handed President Donald Trump a key immigration win, clearing the way for the deportation of eight migrants from Djibouti to South Sudan, a country not listed in their original removal orders. In a short, unsigned opinion, the justices granted the administration's request to "clarify" a prior ruling, confirming that their June 23 stay of a lower court injunction also blocked a follow-up remedial order issued May 21. That remedial order had required the government to give the migrants notice and a chance to raise claims under the Convention Against Torture before being sent to a third COURT SIDES AGAINST MIGRANT IN DEPORTATION CASE "The motion for clarification is granted," the court wrote. "The May 21 remedial order cannot now be used to enforce an injunction that our stay rendered unenforceable". The decision gives the Trump administration a green light to move forward with third-country deportations under its executive order, even to destinations not previously clarified in court-approved removal documents. Earlier, a district judge had found the government violated its April injunction by failing to provide a "meaningful opportunity" for six of the migrants to make their case against removal. The Supreme Court stayed that injunction in June, and Thursday's clarification makes clear the lower court's follow-up order can't stand either. Justice Sonia Sotomayor, joined by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, dissented sharply, accusing the court of enabling deportations that could lead to torture or death. "Today's order clarifies only one thing: Other litigants must follow the rules, but the administration has the Supreme Court on speed dial. Respectfully, I dissent," Sotomayor wrote. "The Government seeks to nullify [basic rights] by deporting noncitizens to potentially dangerous countries without notice or the opportunity to assert a fear of torture." The ruling strengthens the Trump administration's hand as it enforces its third-country deportation policy. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt posted on X regarding the ruling, writing, "This is another incredible victory for America. Thank you to the Supreme Court for ruling on the side of law and order, and affirming the executive authority of the President." CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP"Today's decision makes clear it is district court judges who are defying Supreme Court orders, not the Trump administration," David Warrington, White House Counsel wrote in an email to Fox News Digital. "This decision is a clear rebuke of such judicial overreach."
