Supreme Court Suggests Support for Laws Curbing Trans Athletes

The US Supreme Court signaled it’s likely to uphold state laws that ban transgender girls and women from competing for their schools on female athletic teams, tackling a fraught issue that has become a lightning rod across American society.

Hearing arguments in Washington for more than three hours Tuesday, the court’s conservative majority directed skeptical questions at lawyers for transgender athletes challenging Idaho and West Virginia laws as violating federal law and the Constitution.