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<blockquote data-quote="pburg011" data-source="post: 132382879" data-attributes="member: 2052797"><p>Actually the SC just ruled that because there was ongoing litagation the wanna be "participant" who filed the suit could not be stopped from competing. Morrisey said it was just a temporary set-back and would be taken care of ASAP.</p><p></p><p>However, the U.S. Education Dept. ruling is a whole different thing. Another extortion measure by the Feds. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Here is the ruling by the court on the WV decision:</p><p></p><p>WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Thursday sided with a 12-year-old transgender girl who is challenging a West Virginia ban on transgender athletes joining girls sports teams, temporarily blocking the state from enforcing the prohibition. West Virginia officials approved the prohibition in 2021. The law requires public schools to create sports teams based on sex assigned at birth. A middle school student who competes on girls' cross-country and track-and-field teams and her family sued in federal court, asserting that the state's ban violates the Constitution and federal law. The Supreme Court denied the state's request to temporarily revive the ban while the underlying litigation continues without explanation, as it often does in emergency cases. Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas dissented from that decision. "Among other things, enforcement of the law at issue should not be forbidden by the federal courts without any explanation," Alito wrote, referencing a lower court's decision to halt enforcement of the law, which was also done without explanation. Officials in Alabama, Arkansas, Tennessee and other states have enacted similar laws. Here's a look at what's next for the transgender sports case at the Supreme Court. What to know about the WV Supreme Court transgender sports case West Virginia passed a law in 2021 barring transgender girls from playing on school girls' sports teams from middle school through college. Becky Pepper-Jackson, a 12-year-old transgender girl who currently competes on her school's cross-country and track-and-field teams sued, alleging the prohibition violates the Constitution. A federal district court sided with the state in February, ruling that officials appeared to be "permitted to use biology as the sole criterion in separating school athletic teams." But the Richmond-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit essentially put the lower court's ruling on hold in late February, allowing Pepper-Jackson to try out for the teams. The state appealed the decision to the Supreme Court. West Virginia officials asked that the Supreme Court allow it to continue to enforce the ban while the underlying case works its way through the lower courts.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pburg011, post: 132382879, member: 2052797"] Actually the SC just ruled that because there was ongoing litagation the wanna be "participant" who filed the suit could not be stopped from competing. Morrisey said it was just a temporary set-back and would be taken care of ASAP. However, the U.S. Education Dept. ruling is a whole different thing. Another extortion measure by the Feds. Here is the ruling by the court on the WV decision: [URL='http://WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Thursday sided with a 12-year-old transgender girl who is challenging a West Virginia ban on transgender athletes joining girls sports teams, temporarily blocking the state from enforcing the prohibition. West Virginia officials approved the prohibition in 2021. The law requires public schools to create sports teams based on sex assigned at birth. A middle school student who competes on girls%27 cross-country and track-and-field teams and her family sued in federal court, asserting that the state%27s ban violates the Constitution and federal law. The Supreme Court denied the state%27s request to temporarily revive the ban while the underlying litigation continues without explanation, as it often does in emergency cases. Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas dissented from that decision. %22Among other things, enforcement of the law at issue should not be forbidden by the federal courts without any explanation,%22 Alito wrote, referencing a lower court%27s decision to halt enforcement of the law, which was also done without explanation. Officials in Alabama, Arkansas, Tennessee and other states have enacted similar laws. Here%27s a look at what%27s next for the transgender sports case at the Supreme Court. What to know about the WV Supreme Court transgender sports case West Virginia passed a law in 2021 barring transgender girls from playing on school girls%27 sports teams from middle school through college. Becky Pepper-Jackson, a 12-year-old transgender girl who currently competes on her school%27s cross-country and track-and-field teams sued, alleging the prohibition violates the Constitution. A federal district court sided with the state in February, ruling that officials appeared to be %22permitted to use biology as the sole criterion in separating school athletic teams.%22 But the Richmond-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit essentially put the lower court%27s ruling on hold in late February, allowing Pepper-Jackson to try out for the teams. The state appealed the decision to the Supreme Court. West Virginia officials asked that the Supreme Court allow it to continue to enforce the ban while the underlying case works its way through the lower courts.']WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Thursday sided with a 12-year-old transgender girl who is challenging a West Virginia ban on transgender athletes joining girls sports teams, temporarily blocking the state from enforcing the prohibition. West Virginia officials approved the prohibition in 2021. The law requires public schools to create sports teams based on sex assigned at birth. A middle school student who competes on girls' cross-country and track-and-field teams and her family sued in federal court, asserting that the state's ban violates the Constitution and federal law. The Supreme Court denied the state's request to temporarily revive the ban while the underlying litigation continues without explanation, as it often does in emergency cases. Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas dissented from that decision. "Among other things, enforcement of the law at issue should not be forbidden by the federal courts without any explanation," Alito wrote, referencing a lower court's decision to halt enforcement of the law, which was also done without explanation. Officials in Alabama, Arkansas, Tennessee and other states have enacted similar laws. Here's a look at what's next for the transgender sports case at the Supreme Court. What to know about the WV Supreme Court transgender sports case West Virginia passed a law in 2021 barring transgender girls from playing on school girls' sports teams from middle school through college. Becky Pepper-Jackson, a 12-year-old transgender girl who currently competes on her school's cross-country and track-and-field teams sued, alleging the prohibition violates the Constitution. A federal district court sided with the state in February, ruling that officials appeared to be "permitted to use biology as the sole criterion in separating school athletic teams." But the Richmond-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit essentially put the lower court's ruling on hold in late February, allowing Pepper-Jackson to try out for the teams. The state appealed the decision to the Supreme Court. West Virginia officials asked that the Supreme Court allow it to continue to enforce the ban while the underlying case works its way through the lower courts.[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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