BREAKING: The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed a 12-year-old transgender student who identifies as a girl to continue competing on a West Virginia middle school sports team while a lawsuit over the state ban proceeds in lower courts.
The justices declined to act on a petition sent to them regarding an appeals court order that made it possible for the student, Becky Pepper-Jackson, to maintain
a place on the school's cross-country teams.Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas wrote they would have allowed the state law to be enforced against the student.
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