Great question. Short version: it doesn't force California or New York to do anything today. Their laws letting boys into girls' sports are still standing as of this morning.
But here's why those laws are now living on borrowed time. The Court didn't just rule on Idaho and West Virginia. It redefined the word "sex" in Title IX to mean biological sex, full stop. That knocks out the exact legal theory every blue state built its policy on.
It also blessed the obvious truth that sports are zero-sum. Every boy who makes the team takes a girl's spot. That's the same argument female athletes are using to sue, and the same basis the administration is using to pull federal funding from schools that put boys on girls' teams.
So no, California's law didn't get struck down today. It just lost its footing. The lawsuits are coming, and now they have the Court's reasoning on their side.
The Court didn't make trans status some new protected class that judges have to treat with kid gloves. It just looked at the law for what it is, a line based on biological sex, and said keeping girls safe and competition fair is reason enough. No legal gymnastics required. Biology won.
Please explain how California and New York are still able to include boys in girls' sports.
Great question. Short version: it doesn't force California or New York to do anything today. Their laws letting boys into girls' sports are still standing as of this morning.
But here's why those laws are now living on borrowed time. The Court didn't just rule on Idaho and West Virginia. It redefined the word "sex" in Title IX to mean biological sex, full stop. That knocks out the exact legal theory every blue state built its policy on.
It also blessed the obvious truth that sports are zero-sum. Every boy who makes the team takes a girl's spot. That's the same argument female athletes are using to sue, and the same basis the administration is using to pull federal funding from schools that put boys on girls' teams.
So no, California's law didn't get struck down today. It just lost its footing. The lawsuits are coming, and now they have the Court's reasoning on their side.
Yay!!! Does the ruling say anything about a 'quasi-protected class' or anything similar?
The Court didn't make trans status some new protected class that judges have to treat with kid gloves. It just looked at the law for what it is, a line based on biological sex, and said keeping girls safe and competition fair is reason enough. No legal gymnastics required. Biology won.