The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a request brought by South Carolina officials seeking to bar a transgender boy from using the boys' restrooms at his school.

The court denied an emergency request filed by the state, which has recently enacted measures aimed at forcing schools to bar transgender students from using restrooms that correspond with their gender identity.

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The brief order stressed that the decision "is not a ruling on the merits of the legal issues presented in the litigation."

Three conservative members of the court — Justice Clarence Thomas, Justice Samuel Alito and Justice Neil Gorsuch — said they would have granted the request.

The only issue before the Supreme Court was whether one ninth

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