Leavitt accused the three liberal justices, including Justice Sonia Sotomayor (pictured) of challenging biology with their line of questioning during Tuesday’s hearings
Instead, at least five of the six conservatives on the nine-member court indicated they would rule that the laws don’t violate either the Constitution or the landmark Title IX law, which prohibits discrimination in education and has produced dramatic growth in girls’ and women’s sports.
Furthermore, the Supreme Court majority also appeared swayed by the arguments of cisgender athletes who have been accused of bigotry for opposing transgender participation in female sports.
‘Looking to the broader issue that a lot of people are interested in, there are an awful lot of female athletes who are strongly opposed to participation by trans athletes in competitions with them,’ conservative justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. said. ‘Are they bigots? Are they deluded in thinking that they are subjected to unfair competition?’
Meanwhile, the three liberal justices seemed focused on trying to marshal a court majority in support of a narrow ruling that would allow the individual transgender athletes involved in the cases to be allowed to compete.
A ruling is expected by early summer.
The Little v. Hecox lawsuit was initially filed in 2020 by trans athlete Lindsay Hecox, who had Idaho’s state law to prevent trans athletes from competing in women’s sports blocked amid their desire to join the women’s cross-country team at Boise State.
