Donald Trump reacted on Truth Social after the United States Supreme Court ruled that transgender women can be banned by states from competing in female college and school sports.
Trump put out a message on the Truth Social platform soon after the ruling on Tuesday, calling it a “big win.”
“BIG WIN: The United States Supreme Court just RULED AGAINST MEN PLAYING IN WOMEN’S SPORTS. Wow! That takes that ridiculous situation off the table!!! President DONALD J. TRUMP,” he wrote.
The court ruled against a couple of transgender students in Becky Pepper-Jackson and Lindsay Hecox, who challenged the laws in West Virginia and Idaho. However, the court noted that the laws do not violate the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution or Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972.
“The Constitution and Title IX do not require an overhaul of women’s and girls’ sports throughout America,” Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote in his opinion, while also making it clear that “their desire to compete warrants respect” and that they should not be ostracized or vilified.
What Did the NCAA Say About Men in Women’s Sports?
After President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at banning transgender women from competing in women’s sports, the NCAA updated its own stance on the matter, limiting competition in women’s sports to student-athletes assigned female at birth only.
“The NCAA is an organization made up of 1,100 colleges and universities in all 50 states that collectively enroll more than 530,000 student-athletes. We strongly believe that clear, consistent, and uniform eligibility standards would best serve today’s student-athletes instead of a patchwork of conflicting state laws and court decisions. To that end, President Trump’s order provides a clear, national standard,” NCAA President Charlie Baker said last year.
While the Supreme Court’s ruling takes into account Idaho and West Virginia particularly, it is likely to affect 25 other states with bans of a similar kind.
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