The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that states have the constitutional power to ban men from women’s sports, dealing another blow to the transgender movement.
In a 6-3 ruling authored by Justice Brett Kavanaugh and joined by the other conservative justices, the Supreme Court held that Title IX allows schools to determine eligibility for women’s and girls’ sports teams based on biological sex.
“They may determine eligibility for women’s and girls’ sports based on biological sex,” Justice Kavanaugh wrote. “The Constitution and Title IX do not require an overhaul of women’s and girls’ sports throughout America.”
The landmark decision centered on laws passed by Idaho and West Virginia restricting transgender athletes from competing in female athletics. More than half the country has enacted similar laws to protect female sports and locker rooms. The justices upheld those bans and left for another day the question of whether Title IX requires states to prohibit transgender athletes from competing against women.
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