CNA Staff, Nov 7, 2025 / 11:56 am

The U.S. Supreme Court said on Thursday that the Trump administration could require passports to display an applicant’s biological sex, granting the White House a victory in its efforts to roll back transgender ideology in federal policy.

The court said in an unsigned Nov. 6 order that requiring biological sex on a passport “no more offends equal protection principles than displaying [a] country of birth.”

In either case, “the government is merely attesting to a historical fact without subjecting anyone to differential treatment,” the court said.

The White House is “likely to succeed” in its effort to defend the law, the high court said in the order.

The decision overturns a lower court order that paused the policy while the lawsuit in question play

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