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Transgender rights advocates' hope in Gorsuch fades after athlete ban ruling
Key takeaways
- That optimism sparked in 2020, with Gorsuch s decision that employers can t fire people because they are gay or transgender.
- But over the past year, in major cases implicating LGBTQ issues, the appointee of President Trump has sided with the other conservative justices, repeatedly forming a 6-3 split along ideological lines.
- In upholding transgender athlete bans this week, Gorsuch said any assumption he would rule otherwise is a mistake.
Why this matters: political developments that affect policy direction and public trust.
Link copied by Zach Schonfeld - 07/03/26 6:00 AM ET Link copied NOW PLAYING Any hope among transgender rights advocates that Justice Neil Gorsuch could enable them to eke out wins before the conservative-majority Supreme Court has faded.
That optimism sparked in 2020, with Gorsuch s decision that employers can t fire people because they are gay or transgender.
But over the past year, in major cases implicating LGBTQ issues, the appointee of President Trump has sided with the other conservative justices, repeatedly forming a 6-3 split along ideological lines.
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