GOP attorneys general, female athletes spotlight women’s sports cases ahead of SCOTUS arguments

A group of Republican attorneys general and female sports advocates gathered Monday in Washington, D.C., to call on theSupreme Courtto give states the ability to set sex-based rules for school athletics.

The group, which included former college swimmer turned activist Riley Gaines, said a favorable decision by the high court in a pair of cases examining transgender athletes in school sports would serve to preserve fairness in women’s sports.

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the two cases, brought by Idaho and West Virginia, on Tuesday.

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Riley Gaines speaks during an event hosted by UNLV’s turning point chapter and the Riley Gaines Center at the Leadership Institute at the Carol C.Harter Classroom Building Complex at UNLV on Nov.14, 2024, in Las Vegas.(Madeline Carter/Las Vegas Review-Journal/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

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Those gathered at the event said the cases could be landmarks in the legal fight over policies surrounding transgender people.

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“I’m very optimistic that we will see a favorable ruling here,” Gaines said.“What I do know is public opinion isn’t on their side, the other side, those who support the discrimination of women.Science isn’t on their side.”

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