Two Republican state attorneys general on Thursday urged the Supreme Court to uphold state laws that ban men from competing in girls’ sports.
The Idaho and West Virginia cases combined listen The court will consider whether such laws violate the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment and Title IX, which prohibit public schools and universities that receive federal funding from discriminating on the basis of sex. passed it Similar legislation aimed at protecting women in sports.
“This is an issue that must be addressed immediately,” Idaho Attorney General Raul Labrador said at a press conference Wednesday, noting that it was causing “confusion and chaos across the country” in both high school and college sports.
“There are men trying to compete as women in these sports. There are no women trying to compete as men. I think that tells you everything you need to know about the fairness of this issue,” she said. (Related article: Supreme Court agrees to consider Republican-leaning states’ ban on sex-reassignment surgery for children)
Women and girls have the right to compete on a level playing field. This is not a political or partisan issue, it’s a matter of basic fairness and common sense.
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If the Supreme Court agrees to take up these cases, it could have an impact on the Biden administration’s recent rule expanding Title IX to include “sexual orientation” and “gender identity.” rule It was announced in April and is set to come into effect on August 1st.
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Before Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals upholds injunction against Idaho’s Women’s Sports Fairness Act Rejected In April, West Virginia passed a bill to protect women’s sports.
Last March, West Virginia asked the Supreme Court to vacate the injunction against the law, but at the time, with dissenting Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, the majority declined to address the issue and allowed Becky Pepper Jackson, a middle school student who identifies as female, to continue competing on the girls’ cross country team.
“This spring, BPJ finished in the top three in every track event he competed in and won the most races,” West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrissey wrote in a state report. Plea“BPJ has defeated over 100 girls teams, placed over 250 times and led the girls team to multiple berths and medals at conference championships.”
Morrissey said at the press conference that it is even more urgent for the Supreme Court to clarify the law now, given that the Biden administration is seeking to push a “radical interpretation of Title IX.”
In June, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a separate case, U.S. v. Scurmetti, a Biden administration challenge to a Tennessee law banning sex-reassignment surgery for children.
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