COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC) - South Carolina’s attorney general said he is disappointed that the U.S. Supreme Court chose not to intervene in a dispute over which restroom a Berkeley County student may use.

The high court on Wednesday denied Attorney General Alan Wilson’s request for a temporary injunction involving a budget proviso that requires people, including students, to use school restrooms and locker rooms based on their biological sex at birth.

“While we are disappointed in the Court’s decision, we respect the process and will comply with the ruling,” Wilson said in a statement on Thursday.

Wilson said the ruling only maintains an exception for one student and that the state’s bathroom law remains in full effect for everyone else.

“We may have lost this battle, but we believe we wil

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