Supreme Court Rules for Transgender-Identifying Student in Bathroom Dispute

The high court stated that its ruling was based only on the criteria used to decide emergency applications and was not based on the merits of the case.

Justices of the 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, Justice 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 Sept. 10 declined to block a lower court order allowing a female student who identifies as male to use boys’ restrooms in school despite a South Carolina ban.

In the high court’s new ruling in South Carolina v. Doe, the court did not explain its decision.