After more than three hours of spirited discussion on Jan. 13, the U.S. Supreme Court appeared poised to uphold state laws that ban transgender girls and women from participating in female school and college athletic teams.
The justices' questions indicated that a majority were reluctant to rule that the laws in West Virginia and Idaho violate either the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution or Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which prohibits discrimination in education on the basis of sex.
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