24 states file an amicus brief to convince SCOTUS to ban trans girls from sports

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24 states file an amicus brief to convince SCOTUS to ban trans girls from sports

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Story by Mira Lazine (25 Nov 2024)

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall joined 23 other states in filing an amicus brief in support of banning trans girls from sports.

Specifically, the brief asks the Supreme Court to review and overturn an injunction placed on Arizona's ban on transgender athletes by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

Judge Morgan Christen, who wrote the decision, said that "[The law] permits all students other than transgender women and girls to play on teams consistent with their gender identities. Transgender women and girls alone are barred from doing so. This is the essence of discrimination."

The amicus brief makes several arguments in favor of banning transgender girls from sports. One such claim is that it would be expensive and difficult for schools to implement policies allowing trans girls to participate on girls' sports teams – an argument that ignores the ease with which many schools across the country have implemented trans-friendly policies.

The brief also argues that sex is not equivalent to gender identity under the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution – a claim that ignores established precedent from the Supreme Court case Bostock v. Clayton County, which ruled that trans people are subject to sex-based protections due to their gender modality.