US Supreme Court upholds state bans on transgender student athletes

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The US Supreme Court upheld state bans on transgender student athletes competing in female sports teams, affirming laws in West Virginia and Idaho. The ruling marks a significant conservative victory in the ongoing cultural and legal debates over transgender rights in athletics.

The US Supreme Court cleared the way on Tuesday for ⁠states to impose restrictions on transgender student athletes, upholding laws in West Virginia and Idaho banning them from female sports teams. It delivered a major victory to conservatives in one of the country’s most fiercely contested culture-war battles. The justices overturned decisions by lower courts siding with transgender students who challenged the bans in the two states as violating the US Constitution and a federal...