Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Transgender Student, Blocks West Virginia Sports Ban
Only two justices dissented.
April 6, 2023
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Only two justices dissented.
The federal judge blocked the state from enforcing its trans-exclusionary school sports law against 11-year-old Becky Pepper-Jackson.
Gov. Jim Justice said signing the bill was the right thing to do and that he was proud to do so despite the threat of repercussions.
Another court stands in the way of Republican attacks on transgender people.
The Supreme Court has previously declined to weigh in on other high-profile cases concerning the rights of trans students.
"We just want to be accepted, and she just wants to be a kid. It shouldn’t be that hard to be a kid,” the girl's mom said.
The former Democrat continues his right-wing inclinations.
Federal appeals courts have ruled against the laws, so the states are petitioning SCOTUS.
Twenty-six attorneys general have filed a friend-of-the-court brief urging the Supreme Court to do so.
The law is within the state's interest in providing athletic opportunities for girls and women, according to U.S. District Judge Joseph R. Goodwin.
"As governor, I will uphold my oath of office to respect these court rulings," Gov. Pat McCrory said.
The rule comes as LGBTQ+ rights groups sue Montana over another anti-trans rule made earlier this year.
The state is violating the U.S. Constitution and federal statutes, says the suit filed by Luc Esquivel and his parents.
The ACLU of Indiana has already filed suit against the new law.
Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb had expressed some doubts about the legislation but ultimately signed it.
A transgender student in West Virginia said the administrator challenged him to use a urinal to prove he was male.
Not a single judge in the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals wanted to reconsider a ruling that declared 16-year-old Gavin Grimm should be allowed to use the boys' bathroom at his Virginia high school.
The Supreme Court today announced it will hear Grimm's discrimination case -- and while he would have preferred that it simply let a lower court's pro-trans ruling stand, he's not discouraged or afraid.
“This is an important victory for common sense, equality, and the rights of transgender youth under the law,” the ACLU's Chase Strangio said.
The final weeks of the gubernatorial contest have featured a series of one-upmanship ads about who will be the most anti-trans governor.