Federal judge rules in favor of allowing SCOTUS case over trans athletes to proceed after attempt to dismiss
- On Tuesday a federal judge in Idaho denied Lindsay Hecox's request to dismiss her challenge to Idaho's HB 500, keeping the case pending before the U.S. Supreme Court.
- Hecox first sued in 2020 after the Idaho Legislature passed House Bill 500 banning transgender women and girls from women's sports; a U.S. District Court injunction was upheld by the 9th Circuit and last year the state asked the Supreme Court to review the case.
- Attorneys for Hecox told the Supreme Court on Sept. 2 that continuing the lawsuit would increase harassment risks affecting her health and ability to graduate, and the American Civil Liberties Union said she is not in covered programs and prioritizes finishing her degree.
- U.S. District Judge David Nye wrote that the state has a `fair right to have its arguments heard and adjudicated once and for all` and Labrador praised the District Court ruling for allowing Idaho to present its case to the highest court.
- Last year the state asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review the case and in July it agreed, also accepting a similar West Virginia case as Idaho officials framed it nationally.
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Federal court denies bid to toss transgender sports lawsuit
A federal judge denied an effort from a left-wing group to toss a lawsuit over Idaho’s law restricting women’s sports to biological females, as the case is slated to be argued before the Supreme Court later this term. The American Civil Liberties Union attempted to dismiss the case voluntarily, claiming Lindsay Hecox, a female-identifying biological male who is the lead plaintiff in the lawsuit, wanted to end the challenge after vowing not to at…


Originally published Oct. 15 on IdahoEdNews.org.
Court blocks ACLU’s effort to drop transgender athlete from its own case
A federal court put the kibosh on a maneuver by the ACLU to stop its own lawsuit against an Idaho law that prevents men from competing on girls’ sports teams. Though for years the ACLU and its allies have said the law is “hateful” and “harmful,” the group tried to get its primary plaintiff to drop out of the case, rendering it moot. Their plaintiff is a male who goes by the name “Lindsay”… Source

Idaho federal judge keeps transgender athletics lawsuit open
The James A. McClure Federal Building in Boise is the largest of Idaho's federal courthouses. (Otto Kitsinger for Idaho Capital Sun)Originally posted on IdahoEdNews.org on October 15, 2025 The five-year legal battle over Idaho’s transgender athletics ban will continue, in at least one federal court. On Tuesday, Chief U.S. District Court Judge David Nye kept the case alive in Idaho federal court, while a U.S. Supreme Court appeal is in limbo. Lin…


Trans Idaho athlete’s request to dismiss case denied. Supreme Court could be next
BOISE (Idaho Statesman) — A federal judge in Idaho on Tuesday denied a request from the transgender Boise State University student who asked that the court dismiss her case against Gov. Brad Little over the state’s law banning transgender women and girls from women’s sports. The student, Lindsay Hecox, last month filed a notice to […]
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