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Five sharpest barbs in new Supreme Court ruling as the justices turn on each other
The Court Chose ExclusionA Brief ContextThe Supreme Court, in a 6-3 ruling, upheld West Virginia and Idaho laws that bar transgender girls from female school sports. Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote the majority; Justice Sonia Sotomayor, joined by Justices Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson, dissented in part. The case centered on Becky Pepper-Jackson and Lindsay Hecox, two students whose lower-court wins were erased.Who Held the PowerThe power in this story did not sit with the students, or with the school communities forced to live under these laws. It sat with the six justices who chose to…
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