Source: Seattle Times
“The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a transgender boy may use the boys’ bathroom in a South Carolina public high school while he pursues a challenge to a state law requiring students to use the bathrooms for their sex as ‘determined by anatomy and genetics existing at the time of birth.’ The court’s brief order was unsigned and gave no reasons, which is typical when the justices act on emergency applications. It applied to a single student and stressed that it was ‘not a ruling on the merits of the legal issues presented in the litigation.’ Rather, in rejecting South Carolina’s request to bar the student from the boys’ bathroom for now, the order said the state had not cleared the high bar for securing an emergency ruling in its favor. Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch noted dissents but did not offer reasons.” (09/10/25)