For the usual 6-3 majority, SCOTUS *upholds* state bans on transgender athletes in public sports [View all]

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First (but *not* last) #SCOTUS ruling is the two transgender discrimination cases.

For the usual 6-3 majority, Justice Kavanaugh *upholds* state bans on transgender athletes in public sports under *both* Title IX and the Fourteenth Amendment:

www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

— Steve Vladeck (@stevevladeck.bsky.social) 2026-06-30T14:02:14.522Z

One clarification: It's 6-3 on equal protection (the big question); it's actually unanimous on Title IX, but on *very* different grounds.

— Steve Vladeck (@stevevladeck.bsky.social) 2026-06-30T14:06:47.665Z

First case is West Virginia v. PBA. "Coach" Kavanaugh --who famously touts that he coaches girls basketball even though he's been accused of attempted rape-- writes WVA is allowed to exclude trans girls from sports.

— ElieNYC (@elienyc.bsky.social) 2026-06-30T14:03:51.223Z

The Supreme Court's first decisions are the trans athlete cases. By a 6–3 vote, the court holds that Title IX and the equal protection clause do NOT stop states from excluding trans women and girls from female sports teams. The three liberals dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjsdc.bsky.social) 2026-06-30T14:02:49.684Z

Sotomayor, joined by Kagan and Jackson, agrees that the trans plaintiff's Title IX claim fails, but accuses the majority of reaching an overly broad conclusion about Title IX's tolerance of anti-trans discrimination. The three fully dissent on equal protection. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjsdc.bsky.social) 2026-06-30T14:06:45.710Z

BREAKING: The Supreme Court upholds West Virginia and Idaho's laws banning trans girls and women from women's sports. Justice Kavanaugh has the opinion for the court, holding that states "may" make sports eligibility based on "biological sex." www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner.bsky.social) 2026-06-30T14:04:33.735Z