The first case involves an Idaho student barred by state law from trying out for the track team; the second was brought by a West Virginia middle schooler barred by state law from competing.

Supreme Court justices suggested Tuesday they may be willing to uphold restrictions on transgender women in school sports, which could have significant ramifications for transgender rights and state laws that restrict them.

During a marathon Supreme Court session Tuesday over whether states may ban transgender women from participating in women and girls’ sports, some justices were already focused on what may lie around t

Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday on transgender athlete bans, with Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson questioning whether laws classify based on transgender status.

Tuesday’s hearings were about whether red states can ban transgender women in sports. The next case could be about whether states like California can allow them.