- Supreme Court upholds state bans on biological males in girls and womens school sports.
- Decision says Title IX sex means biological sex not gender identity.
- Justice Kavanaugh wrote the majority opinion.
- Kavanaugh is longtime girls basketball coach which fits the ruling.
- Allows states to protect fair competition for biological females.
- Ruling gives states power to decide without forcing one rule on whole country.
- Huge relief for girls athletes worried about losing spots and safety.
SCOTUS rules states can keep girls sports for girls! Huge victory for fairness and common sense. Fitting it was authored by Kavanaugh who is a longtime girls basketball coach. pic.twitter.com/6B33ILxXFZ
— Roger Severino (@RogerSeverino_) June 30, 2026
Supreme Court BANS transgender athletes from sports handing Trump culture war victory
“Donald Trump has celebrated a ‘big win’ as the Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for states to ban transgender athletes from girls’ and women’s sports.
‘The United States Supreme Court just ruled against men playing in women’s sports. Wow! That takes that ridiculous situation off the table!’ Trump wrote on Truth Social.
The court overturned decisions by lower courts in siding with trans students who challenged bans in Idaho and West Virginia as violating the Constitution and a federal anti-discrimination law.
The court’s conservative majority voted 6-3 that the bans do not violate the Constitution.
The court unanimously agreed that barring trans people did not violate the federal law known as Title IX, which prohibits sex discrimination in education.
Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote in the decision that ‘states may maintain women’s and girls’ sports for biological females.’
The high-profile ruling, which allows schools in two states to determine eligibility for women’s and girls’ sports teams based on the gender they are assigned at birth, is expected to have widespread implications for the rest of the country.
Trump seized on transgender issues as he campaigned for a second White House term in 2024, and vowed to punish doctors who provide gender-affirming care to minors.”