SCOTUS may have its first chance to weigh in on the contentious issue of transgender athletes in women's sports. The 6-3 conservative majority may be taking the case of a West Virginia soccer player's appeal.
West Virginia State University soccer player Lainey Armistead and her counsel with the Alliance Defending Freedom on Thursday are slated to ask the highest court in the land to lift an appeals court injunction against the state's Save Women's Sports Act, which aims to ban biological male students who identify as women from participating in girls school sports teams.
A district court earlier this year ruled in favor of the West Virginia law, saying it was constitutional and consistent with Title IX, which shields against sex-based discrimination. "We know that we should win on the merits. We know that the original district court judge put in place an injunction that ultimately changed his mind and agreed with us that the law is constitutional," Morrisey said, adding that's why the state and ADF believe the Supreme Court will"ultimately lift the injunction."
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