Supreme Court Declines Appeal From Christian School in Transgender Housing Case

Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court pose for their official photo at the Supreme Court in Washington on Oct. 7, 2022. (Front L–R) Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John Roberts, Justices Samuel Alito and Justice Elena Kagan. (Back L–R) Justices Amy Coney Barrett, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Ketanji Brown Jackson. Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images

The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear an appeal from a Missouri Christian university that filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration over its transgender housing policy.

The justices issued a brief, unsigned order declining to take up a case filed by the College of the Ozarks, which appealed a lower court’s decision that found the university had no standing to challenge the policy. That court, as well as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, ruled that the school lacks standing because the federal government never tried to enforce the mandate against the school.