The US Supreme Court agreed to review if state laws prevent transgender athletes from women and women’s sports competition.
The case concerned with the laws of Idaho and West Virginia, which two transgender students won injections from lower courts allowing them to continue to compete.
How primary court rules can contain important implications around the country.
Two weeks come after conservative court court Sustained a Tennessee Law forbidding Gender Taking care of young people – a rule that some advocates have given a primary blow to the US transgender rights.
The Supreme Court will examine the cases of Becky Pepper-Jackson, 15, and Lindsay Hecox, 24, successfully challenged the State restrictions in West Virginia and Idaho by arguing that they were discriminated.
Idaho is the first condition that passes a law prohibit transgender athletes from competition with female sports and women. Two dozen states since followed.
Ms Hecox, a long distance runner, resting on a legal challenge against Idaho Law on 2020 soon after it was made. Later he was given a command of a district court and a court had.
The State lawgiver Barbara Ehardt, who introduces the law, said during this throw it will ensure that “the boys and boys are unreasonable”.
But in the judgment of judgment, a panel of three judges violates the Idaho law of constitutional rights, and that the state “failed” to protect female athletes. “
The West Virginia Attorney Attorney General John McCuske supports the Intervention of Top Court.
“West Virginia learners unfairly allowed to compete with male athletes; so we have passed this common law to women’s law,” he said.
Joshua blocks American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which represents athletes, insist on lower courts correctly to prevent “discriminatory laws”.
“Kids are not involved in schools from school because they are transgender only to make our schools less safe and more harmful places for all young people,” he said.
How to decide the Supreme Court to rule the issue is likely to affect other states with similar restrictions in the area.
At federal level, President Donald Trump signed an executive order early this year referring to The prohibition of transgender women and girls from competing with female sports teams.
The Supreme Court hears the challenges of its next term, beginning in October. A hearing date has not been specified.
