CNS Joins Amicus Brief on Title IX Protection for Women’s Sports – Little v Hecox and West Virginia v B.P.J., Supreme Court

West Virginia has a law protecting fairness in women’s sports. The 4th Circuit ruled against it, and the Supreme Court agreed to hear the case in West Virginia v. B.P.J. This and Little v. Hecox (see below) could settle the issue of men and boys playing in woman and girl sports and lead to the resolution of similar lawsuits by girls and women in other states.

As a parallel case to West Virgina v. B.P.J. is Little v. Hecox, an Idaho case where a transgender female (born male) is questioning “the Equal Protection Clause allows states to protect fairness and safety by reserving women’s sports for females?”  The Ninth Circuit held that “Idaho’s Fairness in Women’s Sports Act unlawfully discriminates based on sex and transgender status.”

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