A former champion gymnast has condemned an ad campaign featuring actress Naomi Watts, U.S. soccer star Megan Rapinoe and other celebrities advocating for males to be allowed to participate in girls' sports, as the U.S. Supreme Court considers two cases related to laws prohibiting male trans-identified athletes from competing with females.
The United States Supreme Court is in the midst of a term that includes several high-profile cases on issues including religious liberty, trans-identified male athletes competing in girls' sports and the harms caused to female athletes, and birthright citizenship. Here are five major Supreme Court decisions to look out for in 2026.
Female athletes are hopeful the U.S. Supreme Court will side with “common sense” and “truth” by upholding bans on trans-identified male athletes competing in women’s sports.
Attorneys who challenged state laws barring male athletes from competing in girls’ sports refused to define the term “sex” when arguing their cases before the United States Supreme Court.
Wyoming’s highest court has struck two state abortion bans, affirming a lower court decision.
New York Supreme Court Judge James G. Clynes has dismissed a lawsuit mounted by four current and former members of the historic Abyssinian Baptist Church that sought to nullify the recent election of the Rev. Kevin R. Johnson as the new pastor of the 200-year-old congregation.
A mother in Maine whose parental rights were usurped by school officials who gave her gender-confused daughter a chest binder and referred to her by using a male name and pronouns without her consent is taking her case to the U.S. Supreme Court.
U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett and Bishop Robert Barron recently discussed the similarity between liberal textual interpretations of the Bible and the U.S. Constitution during an episode of Barron's podcast that aired earlier this week.
A Texas judge who refused to marry same-sex couples because of her faith has filed a federal lawsuit seeking to overturn the 2015 U.S. Supreme Court decision that recognized same-sex marriage nationwide.
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed legislation banning so-called gender transition procedures for minors, but the measure looks likely to stall in the closely divided U.S. Senate.
