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U.S. Supreme Court Upholds State Bans on Transgender Athletes in Women’s Sports, Reshaping Title IX and Fourteenth Amendment Debate
A landmark ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court has dramatically altered the legal landscape surrounding transgender participation in women’s and girls’ sports, with the nation’s highest court concluding that states may restrict female athletic competitions to biological females without violating either Title IX or the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The decision, issued in challenges involving laws from Idaho and West Virginia, represents one of the most consequential rulings on transgender rights in recent years. By a 6-3 majority on the constitutiona
