Supreme Court Allows Transgender Student To Use Boys' Restrooms At South Carolina School

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court connected Wednesday rejected a petition brought by South Carolina officials seeking to barroom a transgender boy from utilizing nan boys' restrooms astatine his school.

The tribunal denied an emergency petition revenge by nan state, which has precocious enacted measures aimed astatine forcing schools to barroom transgender students from utilizing restrooms that correspond pinch their gender identity.

The little bid stressed that nan determination "is not a ruling connected nan merits of nan ineligible issues presented successful nan litigation."

Three blimpish members of nan tribunal — Justice Clarence Thomas, Justice Samuel Alito and Justice Neil Gorsuch — said they would person granted nan request.

The only rumor earlier nan Supreme Court was whether 1 ninth people student, named successful tribunal papers arsenic John Doe, could usage nan boys' restrooms astatine his schoolhouse while litigation continues.

South Carolina legislators person sought to restrict transgender bath entree by including connection successful fund bills that withdraws backing for schools that do not comply pinch their demands.

Doe's parents sued connected his behalf, saying that nan measures break nan Equal Protection Clause of nan 14th Amendment, which requires that nan laws use arsenic to everyone, arsenic good arsenic Title IX, nan national rule that bars favoritism successful education.

A national judge successful South Carolina has not ruled connected nan substantive ineligible issues yet and rejected a petition from Doe that he beryllium allowed to usage his preferred restroom while nan lawsuit continues.

In August, nan Richmond-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted a akin request, prompting nan authorities to move to nan Supreme Court.

In nan Supreme Court's caller term, which originates adjacent month, nan justices will see a awesome case connected authorities laws that prohibition transgender athletes from competing successful girls' and women's schoolhouse and assemblage sports.