Ketanji Brown Jackson Still Doesn't Know What a Woman Is
The Daily Signal • • nation
Key Points:
- The Supreme Court recently heard arguments in two cases challenging Idaho and West Virginia laws that restrict male athletes from competing in women's sports, with the ACLU representing transgender-identifying male athletes claiming sex discrimination.
- Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson questioned whether these laws discriminate based on gender identity, using terms like "cisgender girls" and "transgender girls," but appeared confused about the distinction between biological sex and gender identity during the oral arguments.
- Idaho and West Virginia officials argued the laws are based on biological sex to protect fair competition in women's sports, not on transgender status, emphasizing that the laws exclude males regardless of gender identity.
- Critics argue that Jackson's refusal to define "woman" and her framing of the issue reflects a broader ideological stance that
