Idaho politicians, conservative groups argue for transgender athletics ban

With a United States Supreme Court hearing expected later this fall, Idaho politicians and conservative groups are rallying behind the state’s transgender athletics ban.

They have filed briefs urging the nation’s highest court to uphold Idaho’s 2020 law , which forbids transgender athletes from competing in women’s and girls’ sports.

Idaho was the first state to pass a transgender athletics ban, and since then, 26 other states have followed suit. But the issue has been mired in court for more than five years, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has blocked Idaho’s law from going into effect.

The U.S. Supreme Court in July agreed to hear arguments on the Idaho law , and a similar West Virginia state law. In the past week, the Supreme Court has received more than 40 br