The U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 13 will hear two cases related to how far states can go to protect women’s and girls’ sports. 

It’s been a long time coming for the young women who’ve stood up and made a case for how unfair it is for them to be forced to compete against biological males. 

They deserve a win.

Since 2020, 27 states have passed measures that ban transgender athletes from playing on female teams and accessing private places like locker rooms and bathrooms. Despite strong support from the Trump administration for women’s sports, those laws are at stake, depending on how the court rules later in 2026. 

The nation's highest court last summer agreed to take up West Virginia v. B.P.J. and Little v. Hecox. Both West Virginia’s and Idaho’s laws regarding women's and girls ' rights were challenged by transgender athletes, and they raise different legal questions.

Title IX, the federal law banning sex-based discrimination at educational institutions,........

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