The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that neither Title IX nor the Equal Protection Clause forbids schools from keeping trans girls off of girls’ sports teams, an inflection point in a years-long campaign by the right, particularly the Trump administration.
Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote the majority opinion in two related cases, West Virginia v. BPJ and Little v. Hecox. He was joined by the other five right-wing justices. Justices Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch also wrote concurring opinions. Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part, in which Justices Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson joined. Jackson also filed her own opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.
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While I have sympathy for the rights of trans individuals, the headline is misleading. They are not “forcing” anyone to do anything. They are prohibiting people transitioning to a female identity from playing on a girls team. It does us no good to frame the argument in a misleading manner.