Decision by high court’s conservative majority is Trump administration’s latest win on emergency docket

The unsigned ruling on the government's emergency application declared that having to demonstrate sex assigned at birth did not violate equal protection principles.

The Trump administration does not want to issue passports to transgender and nonbinary Americans that reflect their gender identities.

The court blocked a lower court order as the case works through the legal process, saying sex at birth is a historical fact.

Decision by high court’s conservative majority is Trump administration’s latest win on emergency docket

The Supreme Court cleared the way Thursday for President Donald Trump to restrict U.S. passports based on gender identity.

The conservative-majority court allowed the Trump administration to enforce a rule mandating that passports list applicants' biological sex at birth.