West Virginia and Idaho are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review rulings that blocked the enforcement of state laws prohibiting transgender athletes from competing in sports. “If the Supreme Court takes this up, it will determine the fate of women’s sports across the entire country for many years to come,” West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey said Thursday at a briefing with reporters at the state Capitol in Charleston. It’s unclear when the high court would decide whether to take up the cases, which were filed separately Thursday and...

West Virginia and Idaho have asked the Supreme Court to decide whether states can lawfully enforce anti-trans sports bans. The appeals mark the first time states have specifically asked the highest court in the US to decide on the ongoing legal battle and wider debate around trans students being able to compete in sports teams which are consistent with their gender identity under amendments to Title IX. Title IX is the Biden administration’s landmark piece of civil rights legislation which protects people from discrimination based on sex in education programmes...

The state of Idaho is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a case on whether transgender women and girls should be able to participate in sports that align with their gender identity. In 2020, the Idaho Legislature became the first to pass a law that banned transgender women and girls from participating in women’s sports. Shortly after Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed the bill into law, Lindsay Hecox, a Boise State University student, sued the state. Last year, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit upheld an...

Two Republican attorneys general asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to uphold their states’ laws designed to prevent men from competing in women’s sports. Together, Idaho and West Virginia’s cases ask the Court to consider whether such laws violate Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause and Title IX, which prohibits public schools and universities that receive federal funding from discriminating based on sex. Twenty-five states around the county have passed similar laws aimed at protecting women’s sports.

Officials from West Virginia and Idaho filed appeals with the U.S. Supreme Court in efforts to enforce laws that would prevent transgender athletes from competing in girls and women's sports.Each state filed its own petition Thursday in hopes the court would overturn rulings that blocked those laws from taking effect.A ruling is not expected for nearly another year, but the cases could be heard as early as September.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM"Back in April, the 4th Circuit handed down a 2-1 ruling that reversed an earlier decision...

West Virginia and Idaho asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to decide whether states can lawfully enforce bans on transgender students competing on sports teams consistent with their gender identity. The two appeals from GOP-led states mark the first time the high court has been asked to decide the question in a substantive way amid a yearslong legal battle waged by transgender students and their advocates against a slew of such bans enacted in more than two dozen states. The justices have already said they will decide a separate case...