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First at Fox: The legal team representing the defendant in an upcoming Supreme Court case to protect women’s sports has responded after the transcend plaintiff asked the court to drop the case.
The defense team, led by Idaho Attorney General Raul Labrador and Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) Attorney Kristen Wagoner, filed his answer after the former Boise State University -Tran -Ceil Athlet Lindsay Hecox requested the athlete’s original trial to fight for transinence in women’s sports. hear the case.
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“After five years, Idaho’s law that protects women’s sports has finally reached the US Supreme Court. Now [American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) which is representing Hecox] Want to drop the case because they know the strength of our argument. But the legal arguments from a male athlete do not change facts: Girls over Idaho can still be forced to compete against boys, “Labrador told Pakinomist Digital.
“It’s not fair, it’s not safe, and it stripes young women with equal opportunities. We urge the right to confirm that states have the authority to preserve and protect women’s sports.”
The little v. Hecox Trial was originally filed of HECOX in 2020, when the trans-athlete wanted to join the women’s cross-country team, and have the state’s law to prevent trans athletes from competing in women’s sports that are blocked.
Hecox, together with an anonymous biological female student, Jane Doe, who was concerned about the potential of being exposed to the verification process of sex conflict. The challenge was successful when a federal judge blocked Idaho’s state law.
A 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals Panel maintained an injunction that blocked the State Act of 2023, for the Supreme Court, who agreed to hear the case back in July. Hecox then asked Scotus earlier this month to drop the challenge and claimed that the athlete “has decided to permanently retire and refrain from playing women’s sports at BSU or in Idaho.”
But now Labrador and Wagoner argue that HECOX’s attempt to reject the case is cut off by a stay in all procedures that Hecox previously agreed. The defense attorneys also claim that Hecox still has an interest in maintaining the decision below to keep the opportunity to play women’s sports.
“This case is not a bit just because Hecox claims to have decided not to play women’s sports,” the answer reads.
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In the end, the defense in this case is looking for a larger picture result than just whether HECOX can play women’s sports.
Labrador Earlier, he hoped that the Supreme Court should make a decision with a wider influence than just letting a state implement its own specific law on the issue. He wants a new national precedent. “I think that’s what they should do,” Labrador told Pakinomist Digital in an exclusive interview.
“I think they will have a great decision on whether men can participate in women’s sports, and more importantly how to decide whether trans -bright individuals are protected by the federal constitutions and state and federal laws.”
Lawyers from 27 states and the US territory in Guam have signed Amicus threats to support the defense in the upcoming Scotus case.
Ags from Arkansas, Alabama, Alaska, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Texas, Texas, Pennsylvania Utah, Virginia and Wyoming and the American territory in Guam throw all their support behind the defendants as seen in copies of the panties obtained by Pakinomist Digital.
The list includes AGS from Idaho and West Virginia only signed the briefs of the case that are not based in their state as they are already a defendant in the case in their state.
“In the heart of these cases is a fundamental question: Can states maintain laws that retain justice and opportunities for female athletes Fox news of preserving.
“We need to protect these opportunities because law, science and the public will be on our side. We think the court will be too.”
Pakinomist Digital has reached Hecox’s lawyers for a response.
