BREAKING: Supreme Court denies West Virginia's request to immediately reinstate law that would ban transgender student-athletes from participating in sports teams consistent with their gender identity.
The court did not explain its decision, though two justices -- Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas -- issued a dissent.
"Among other things, enforcement of the law at issue should not be forbidden by the federal courts without any explanation," Alito writes.STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images The high court was not considering the ban on the merits but rather addressing the question of whether it should remain on hold while legal proceedings continue in lower courts.
West Virginia, defending the law in court documents, has claimed that "there is 'a substantial risk that boys would dominate the girls’ programs and deny them an equal opportunity to compete in interscholastic events.”
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