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States Poised to Win Supreme Court Battle Over Men in Women’s Sports, Legal Experts Predict

The laws at issue in Idaho and West Virginia prevent transgender-identifying athletes from participating in women’s school sports teams.
States Poised to Win Supreme Court Battle Over Men in Women’s Sports, Legal Experts Predict
The Supreme Court in Washington on Jan. 5, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
Matthew Vadum
Matthew Vadum
1/12/2026|Updated: 1/12/2026
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The U.S. Supreme Court will uphold two state laws that ban male athletes who do not identify with their sex from competing on school sports teams intended for females, according to legal experts.

Their comments come as the nation’s highest court prepares to hear back-to-back oral arguments on Jan. 13 in Little v. Hecox and West Virginia v. B.P.J.

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