The Supreme Court just ruled in favor of both Idaho and West Virginia laws banning transgender pretenders from female sports based on biological sex.
U.S. SUPREME COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF IDAHO, WEST VIRGINIA LAWS BANNING TRANSGENDER ATHLETES FROM PARTICIPATING ON FEMALE SPORTS TEAMS
— CGTN America (@cgtnamerica) June 30, 2026
Here’s more from Amy Howe at SCOTUSblog:
The court holds that schools can determine eligibility for women’s and girls’ sports teams based on biological sex.
The court holds that West Virginia did not violate Title IX, which bars educational programs that receive federal funding from discriminating based on sex.
The court also says that West Virginia and Idaho did not violate the Constitution’s equal protection clause by maintaining female sports teams for biological females.
The chief justice and Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, and Barrett join the Kavanaugh opinion.
Justice Sotomayor has an opinion concurring in the judgment in part and dissenting in part.
Justices Kagan and Jackson join that opinion.
Because of the oddness of the concurring and dissenting opinions, Howe writes “I would say it is both 9-0 and 6-3, but curious to see what others say.”
And here’s the ruling:
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