It is only a matter of time before the transgender-sports question comes before the Supreme Court. In April, when a SCOTUS majority declined to intervene in an ongoing case involving West Virginia’s law banning males from participating in female sports, Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas dissented. Alito, joined by Thomas, wrote that the dispute “concerns an important issue that this Court is likely to be required to address in the near future.”
Today at 2 p.m., the Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York will hear oral arguments in Soule v. Connecticut Association of Schools. The case concerns four female athletes who were “consistently deprived of honors and opportunities to compete at elite levels because the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference adopted a policy that allows males who identify as female to compete in girls’ athletic events,” according to their legal team.
You can watch the live stream here.