TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jul 3, 2025

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider the constitutionality of state laws that bar transgender athletes from participating on sports teams that align with their preferred gender. The court will take up two state laws — one from Idaho and one from West Virginia — in its next term, SCOTUSblog reports. Idaho was the first state to enact such a ban. It was sued by a transgender woman who wanted to try out for the Boise State University women’s track and cross-country teams. The West Virginia case centers on a 14-year-old who wanted to participate on the middle school girls’ sports teams. Lower court and appellate court rulings barred both states from enforcing their laws. The plaintiffs had urged the Supreme Court to let those rulings stand.