Legal defense to 'Save Women's Sports' granted right to make argument to SCOTUS amid trans athlete dispute

With the Supreme Court set to hear the Little vs. Hecox case, Idaho Attorney General Raul Labrador will have a big decision to make in the national movement to keep trans athletes out of women's and girls' sports.

Idaho Attorney General Raul Labrador and the rest of the legal defense looking to "save women's sports" have been guaranteed a chance to present their oral arguments to the U.S. Supreme Court after a trans athlete tried to have a potential landmark case dismissed. 

The Supreme Court ordered on Monday that it would defer ruling on the trans athlete's bid to have the case dismissed until after oral arguments are made. 

A federal judge ruled against the trans athlete's motion last week, but the Supreme Court's decision would definitively determine if the case proceeded or not. Now, the case will at least proceed to oral arguments, which are likely to take place in January. 

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The trans athlete, Lindsay Hecox, started the legal battle in 2020. That year, Hecox wanted to join the women's cross-country team at Boise State, and had the state's law to prevent trans athletes from competing in women's sports blocked. Hecox was joined by an anonymous biological female student, Jane Doe, who was concerned about the potential of being subjected to the sex dispute verification process. 

Hecox's challenge was successful, as a federal judge blocked Idaho's state law. Then a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel upheld an injunction blocking the state law in 2023, before the Supreme Court agreed to hear the case back in July. The Supreme Court also agreed to hear a similar case in West Virginia involving a trans athlete, West Virginia v. B.P.J. 

Hecox asked SCOTUS last