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The Supreme Court may have obliterated the Title IX case for transgender athletes in female sports, but don\u2019t be surprised if biological males continue to show up on girls\u2019 varsity volleyball, soccer and basketball teams.<\/p>\n

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The court found that states may separate scholastic sports by sex without violating Title IX or the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment \u2014 not that they must.<\/p>\n

As a result, the 23 Democrat-led states that permit male-born students to compete in girls\u2019 sports based on gender identity may continue to enforce their laws and policies, meaning the battle over same-sex sports isn\u2019t over.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s much work to be done,\u201d said May Mailman, director of the right-of-center Independent Women\u2019s Law Center. \u201cThis ruling merely says women\u2019s sports are legal, but it doesn\u2019t preserve their right to them.\u201d<\/p>\n

The court did provide clarity on the Title IX debate. The ruling said the 1972 civil-rights law \u201ccannot plausibly be interpreted to refer to anything other than biological sex,\u201d torpedoing the left\u2019s argument that the law\u2019s ban on sex discrimination in education also applies to gender identity.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe ordinary meaning of the term \u2019sex\u2019 at the time of enactment in the early 1970s was biological sex and not gender identity, particularly in the sports context,\u201d said the high court in the Tuesday decision.<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s sports advocate Riley Gaines said \u201csex always meant your biological sex. That\u2019s the good news.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTitle IX has officially and finally been cleared up by highest courts, meaning that states can pass legislation to have a protected category for women in sports,\u201d she said in a statement. \u201cThe bad news is it doesn\u2019t mean that they must, which unfortunately means that the Supreme Court ruling doesn\u2019t really reach every single state. Despite what the headlines really make it seem, the fight continues.\u201d<\/p>\n

Conservatives expressed hope that the ruling will persuade blue states to reevaluate their policies, but Democratic attorneys general were as adamant as ever in defending their gender-identity laws following the decision.<\/p>\n

Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey called the ruling \u201cyet another disturbing affront to personal liberties,\u201d adding that his state has no intention of prohibiting transgender students from competing in girls\u2019 sports.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Court was clear that this decision had no bearing with respect to a state\u2019s choice to include transgender athletes and as such, will not implicate the Department of Justice\u2019s case against Maine,\u201d said Mr. Frey. \u201cWe will continue to defend Maine\u2019s law.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell said allowing \u201cblanket policies that exclude transgender children \u2026 marginalizes and harms vulnerable students.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMassachusetts law continues to protect transgender students, including student athletes who play sports in accordance with their gender identity,\u201d said Ms. Campbell in a Tuesday statement.<\/p>\n

New York Attorney General Letitia James said the decision \u201cignores fact, science, and decency in favor of abandoning young trans people nationwide.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI will continue to fight for trans New Yorkers against discriminatory policies and am proud to stand with the LGBTQ+ community today and every day,\u201d said Ms. James.<\/p>\n

The NCAA and National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, the two main collegiate sports governing bodies, have essentially banned biological males from female sports, as have multiple athletic organizations and the International Olympic Committee.<\/p>\n

At the same time, junior colleges and high schools have seen a rising number of transgender athletes playing under blue-state laws prohibiting discrimination based on gender identity.<\/p>\n

Democratic officials such as California Gov. Gavin Newsom have defied President Trump\u2019s executive order, \u201cKeeping Men Out of Women\u2019s Sports,\u201d prompting calls for federal legislation.<\/p>\n

\u201c[T]hose leaders in blue states like Gavin Newsom still suffer from the crippling diagnosable disease of TDS [Trump Derangement Syndrome],\u201d Ms. Gaines said. \u201cThey\u2019re going to continue to defy federal law. But I\u2019m here to say those girls deserve fair competition too. So what do we need? We still need federal action, meaning we need Congress to act.\u201d<\/p>\n

West Virginia Attorney General J.B. McCuskey, a Republican, said the Supreme Court\u2019s 9-0 decision on the Title IX issue should embolden congressional lawmakers to \u201cright this wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are immensely proud of the work that we\u2019ve done and we are very, very hopeful that Congress specifically will step up, read this decision, and say, it\u2019s time for a national policy on this issue,\u201d said Mr. McCuskey on a Tuesday press call. \u201cThis is just common sense.\u201d<\/p>\n

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