In another major Supreme Court decision, justices ruled that states can prohibit transgender student athletes from competing in women’s and girls’ sports teams — upholding bans in Idaho and West Virginia. Justices ruled unanimously that the state bans do not violate Title IX, the federal law against sex discrimination in education. They split 6 to 3 over whether the trans athlete bans are unconstitutional, with the conservative majority finding they do not run afoul of the 14th Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause. The ruling was lauded by President Trump, who said on social media, ”BIG WIN.”

Senior counsel for the ACLU’s LGBTQ & HIV Rights Project Joshua Block said in a statement, “This is a heartbreaking ruling … The reality is that the equality of transgender women and girls takes nothing away from, and in fact promotes, the equality of all women and girls.” We will have more on this later in the broadcast with ACLU attorney Chase Strangio.