WASHINGTON −The Supreme Court is taking up one of the nation’s most high-profile and divisive cultural issues, debating on Jan. 13 whether states can bar transgender girls and women from joining female sports teams in schools.
“This case is monumental not only for West Virginia, but for our entire country," West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey said in a statement.
The challenges to bans in West Virginia and Idaho come a year after the high court ruled that states can prevent transgender minors from receiving puberty blockers and hormone therapy.
In a different realm of the law but similar cultural terrain in October, a majority of the justices seemed ready to strike down a Colorado law blocking therapists from trying to change a young person's sexuality or gender identity.
The majority took a different tack in 2020, siding with three employees who were fired because they were gay or transgender, a ruling the student athletes challenging the athletic bans hope will boost their case.
