Transgender Athletes Will Compete On Women's Sports Teams in Idaho This Fall!
My good friend, federal Judge David Nye, had the unfortunate task recently of deciding whether to issue an injunction of an Idaho law, recently passed, that prohibits biological men from competing against women in athletic competitions. I think this was one of those occasions in which a judge felt compelled to enforce a different law that appears to mandate allowing biological men who identify as women to compete against women. A recent challenge to that decision by a three-judge panel agreed with Judge Nye: Idaho may not pass a law prohibiting biological men, who identify as transgender, from competing against biological females. The decision will certainly be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, where I believe it will be overturned. There is absolutely no reason to allow biological men to compete against biological women. The only merit to the lawsuit that I can see is that the law apparently allows anyone to challenge whether a competitor is actually a ...