The Supreme Court revived a ban on Americans self-identifying as their chosen gender on passports on Thursday.

President Donald Trump barred the practice via an executive order, saying that passports must reflect a person’s sex as noted on their birth certificate. That order was blocked by a lower court. In an unsigned order, the Supreme Court stayed the lower court’s demand, arguing that the Trump administration was likely to succeed on the merits and that the lower court’s stay would irreprebably harm the government.

“Displaying passport holders’ sex at birth no more offends equal protection principles than displaying their country of birth — in both cases, the Government is merely attesting to a historical fact without subjecting anyone to differential treatment,” the unnamed majority

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