Supreme Court Seems Inclined to Uphold State Bans on Boys in Girls’ Sports

The laws at issue in Idaho and West Virginia prevent male athletes from playing on females’ school sports teams.

People take part in a rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court as justices hear arguments in two cases in which states have banned males from playing on females' school sports teams, in Washington on Jan. 13, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

The U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 13 leaned towards upholding laws in Idaho and West Virginia that prohibit males from playing on females’ school sports teams.

The nation’s highest court heard almost three-and-a-half hours of back-to-back oral arguments in Little v. Hecox and West Virginia v. B.P.J.