The Trump administration on Friday urged the Supreme Court to allow enforcement of a passport policy requiring applicants to use male or female sex markers that match their birth certificates, rather than their gender identity.

According to the Associated Press, the Justice Department is seeking to overturn lower-court rulings that blocked the rule after lawsuits from transgender and nonbinary citizens. Plaintiffs argue the policy violates constitutional rights, while the administration contends the government cannot be forced to accept what it calls inaccurate sex designations on official documents.

The rule stems from a January executive order in which Trump declared the United States would recognize only two sexes, male and female, based on “immutable biological classification.” The S

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