The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the Trump administration to enforce a policy preventing transgender and nonbinary Americans from selecting passport gender markers that reflect their gender identity.

The unsigned order, backed by the court’s conservative majority, permits the policy to take effect while a legal challenge continues. It reverses a lower-court ruling that had required the State Department to keep offering passport applicants the option to choose male, female, or X in line with their gender identity.

Why It Matters

The decision marks another victory for President Donald Trump on the court’s emergency docket.

What To Know

The State Department’s rule change followed a January executive order from Trump declaring that the federal government would “recognize two sexes

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