Live Updates: Supreme Court Will Hear Transgender Athletes' Cases Challenging State Laws

Key Points:

• President Trump signed an executive order banning transgender girls and women from participating in women’s sports at federally funded educational institutions and has encouraged Republicans to use this issue in elections.
• Congressional attempts to pass legislation banning trans girls from girls’ school sports have passed the House but failed in the Senate due to Democratic opposition, despite significant support for such bans among both Republicans and many Democrats.
• The Supreme Court is currently hearing cases challenging Idaho and West Virginia laws that require sports participation based on biological sex assigned at birth, with arguments focusing on whether transgender women have an unfair advantage and whether such laws violate constitutional protections and Title IX.
• Lower courts have issued mixed rulings on these laws, with some blocking enforcement for specific transgender athletes who have undergone medical treatments, while