Trans rights supporters gather outside the Supreme Court on January 13, 2026, in Washington, DC. | Heather Diehl/Getty Images
The Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that states may bar transgender women from competing on women’s sports teams at secondary schools, colleges, and universities. More than two dozen states have laws barring trans athletes from competing on teams that do not align with their sex assigned at birth.
The results were not surprising. Two years ago, during oral arguments in another case that ended in a major defeat for transgender rights, Justice Brett Kavanaugh made...
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