Supreme Court Protects Female Sports

MAJOR VICTORY — U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Laws Protecting Girls’ Sports

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in West Virginia v. B.P.J., a landmark case that definitively ruled that both Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause permit the separation of males and females on the basis of biological sex.

America First Legal (AFL), alongside co-counsel Christopher Mills, submitted an amicus brief urging the Court to reverse the decisions of the Fourth and Ninth Circuits, which respectively held that West Virginia had violated Title IX by prohibiting males from participating in female sports and that Idaho had violated the 14th Amendment by doing the same.

“This case was always about whether courts would apply the law as written or rewrite it to advance an ideological agenda,” said Gene Hamilton, President of America First Legal. “The Supreme Court correctly recognized that Title IX was enacted to protect women and girls, and those protections mean little if biological reality can be ignored.

Today’s decision is a major victory for the rule of law and for every female athlete who deserves a fair, safe, competitive environment.”

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