US Supreme Court rejects school gender-identity policy challenge

Andrew Chung - Reuters - 09/12
The U.S. Supreme Court, turning away another case involving transgender issues, declined on Monday to hear a bid to revive a lawsuit against a public school district in Wisconsin over a policy to support gender identity of students that some parents challenged on religious rights and other grounds.
  • Wisconsin case was filed by conservative legal groups
  • Supreme Court heard Tennessee transgender case on Dec. 4
Dec 9 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court, turning away another case involving transgender issues, declined on Monday to hear a bid to revive a lawsuit against a public school district in Wisconsin over a policy to support gender identity of students that some parents challenged on religious rights and other grounds.
The Supreme Court rebuffed an appeal by a group of parents of students in the Eau Claire Area School District, backed by two conservative legal groups, of a lower court's ruling that they lacked the necessary legal standing to bring the lawsuit.
Conservative Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Brett Kavanaugh dissented from the court's decision to deny the appeal.
The Wisconsin lawsuit is one of many legal disputes concerning transgender people playing out across the United States, including which bathroom facilities they may use and which sports teams they may join.
The Supreme Court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority, on Dec. 4 heard a major case conc...
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