SCOTUS Refuses to Reinstate West Virginia Law Keeping Males Off Female Sports Teams

SCOTUS Refuses to Reinstate West Virginia Law Keeping Males Off Female Sports Teams
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito poses in Washington on April 23, 2021. Erin Schaff/Pool via Reuters
Matthew Vadum
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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.