Supreme Court makes ruling on trans athletes in women's sports

The Supreme Court has established a new nationwide precedent that allows states to protect women's sports.

The justices ruled in favor of West Virginia and Idaho on Thursday against trans athletes who sued to gain access to girls' sports. The states were backed by the law firm Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), while the trans athletes were represented by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Cooley Legal.

In the highly-anticipated rulings on West Virginia v. B.P.J. and Little v.