The Supreme Court refused on April 6 to lift a federal appeals court order blocking West Virginia’s law preventing male athletes from playing on school sports teams designated for females.
Two conservative justices, Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas, dissented from the court’s refusal to remove the injunction.
West Virginia enacted the Save Women’s Sports Act in 2021, which prevents individuals from competing in school sports other than under their birth sex.
West Virginia and other states have taken action to make sure women and girls continue to have access to school sports even as males who identify as females take spots on women’s sports teams. Idaho, Mississippi, Montana, Arkansas, Florida, and other states have also passed legislation that keeps men from competing in women’s sports….