The Supreme Court backed state laws banning transgender girls from participating in scholastic girls’ sports in a decision issued Tuesday, upholding a legal argument used by the Trump administration in seeking to ban transgender athletes nationwide. Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh, in a majority opinion that turned aside challenges to West Virginia and Idaho laws, wrote […]

The ruling will impact laws in more than 25 states.

WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court cleared the way on Tuesday (Jun 30) for states to impose restrictions on transgender student athletes, upholding laws in West Virginia and Idaho…