{"id":2484969,"date":"2025-09-10T19:27:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T23:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-denies-south-carolinas-transgender-bathroom-law\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T19:27:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T23:27:50","slug":"supreme-court-denies-south-carolinas-transgender-bathroom-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-denies-south-carolinas-transgender-bathroom-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court denies South Carolina&#8217;s transgender bathroom law"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsupreme-court-denies-south-carolinas-transgender-bathroom-law%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2484969&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Supreme Court declined South Carolina&#8217;s request to enforce a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-signs-law-requiring-students-to-learn-evils-of-communism-real-patriots-who-escaped-it\/\" title=\"DeSantis Signs Law Requiring ... To Learn \u2018Evils Of Communism,\u2019 \u2018Real Patriots\u2019 Who Escaped It\">law requiring students<\/a> to use bathrooms corresponding to their biological sex. The Court&#8217;s unsigned 6-3 order did not rule on the merits of the case but denied the emergency petition based on procedural standards for granting stays.justices clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, adn Neil Gorsuch dissented, favoring lifting the injunction. South Carolina argued the appeals court&#8217;s block was based on a discredited opinion and highlighted upcoming related Supreme Court cases about transgender rights and sports participation. The decision occurred amid a busy week for the Court&#8217;s emergency docket ahead of the new term. <br \/> <!DOCTYPE html><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Supreme Court denies South Carolina bid to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >enforce transgender bathroom law<\/a><\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2226204\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Supreme Court<\/a> declined to allow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/south-carolina\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">South Carolina<\/a> to enforce a law requiring students to use bathrooms corresponding to his or her biological sex on Wednesday. <\/p>\n<p>The 6-3, unsigned order said the request, brought forward as an emergency petition by the state, was not denied on the merits, but rather due to the standards the justices consider when deciding whether to grant a stay. South Carolina filed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3786335\/south-carolina-asks-supreme-court-transgender-bathroom-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">request<\/a> after an appeals court blocked the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/transgender\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">transgender<\/a> bathroom law from going into effect.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3799558\/supreme-court-temporarily-halts-order-requiring-trump-spend-billions-in-foreign-aid\/\">Supreme Court temporarily halts order requiring Trump spend billions in foreign aid<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3799632\/supreme-court-will-hear-trump-liberation-day-tariff-case-in-november\/\">Supreme Court will hear Trump &#8216;Liberation Day&#8217; tariff case in November<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3798506\/sotomayor-barrett-encourage-public-read-supreme-court-opinions\/\">Sotomayor, Barrett encourage public to read Supreme Court opinions as decisions get fiery<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;The denial of the application is not a ruling on the merits of the legal issues presented in the litigation. Rather, it is based on the standards applicable for obtaining emergency relief from this Court,&rdquo; the unsigned order said.<\/p>\n<p>The order said Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Neil Gorsuch would have granted the request to lift the injunction in the interim.<\/p>\n<p>South Carolina Solicitor General Thomas Hydrick argued in his petition last month that the high court should stay the injunction and that the appeals court relied on a &ldquo;discredited&rdquo; opinion that goes against the Supreme Court&rsquo;s recent rulings.<\/p>\n<p>Hydrick also pointed to the high court&rsquo;s decision to hear&nbsp;<em>B.P.J. v. West Virginia State Board of Education<\/em>&nbsp;in the upcoming term. The <em>B.P.J.<\/em> case will deal with whether a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-virginia-school-districts-sue-trump-administration-to-defend-transgender-bathroom-policy\/\" title=\"Two Virginia school districts sue Trump administration to defend transgender bathroom policy\">state law limiting female sports<\/a> to biological women violates Title IX or the equal protection clause. The high court is also slated to hear a separate case on the legality of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/south-carolina-asks-supreme-court-to-lift-block-on-transgender-bathroom-law\/\" title=\"... to ... on ...\">state laws limiting men&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s and women&rsquo;s sports by biological sex.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;An emergency stay of the Fourth Circuit&rsquo;s injunction is warranted not only because&nbsp;<em>Grimm<\/em>&nbsp;was wrongly decided and should (and may soon) be overturned, but because in the absence of this Court&rsquo;s immediate intervention, the State, the school district, and its students are suffering actual, ongoing, material harms, all from a mandatory injunction that disrupts the status quo in a preliminary posture in a case where the Plaintiffs are unlikely ultimately to prevail,&rdquo; Hydrick wrote in his August petition to the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3786335\/south-carolina-asks-supreme-court-transgender-bathroom-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SOUTH CAROLINA ASKS SUPREME COURT TO LIFT BLOCK ON TRANSGENDER BATHROOM LAW<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Wednesday decision came during a busy week for the high court&rsquo;s emergency docket, despite the new Supreme Court term not beginning for another month.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, the justices <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3797089\/supreme-court-lifts-district-court-los-angeles-immigration-raid-restrictions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ruled<\/a> 6-3 to lift restrictions a federal district court placed on immigration operations in southern California. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supreme Court blocks South Carolina transgender bathroom law enforcement<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2484970,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AP25178425381970-1-1.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[62210,41960,32275,35159],"class_list":["post-2484969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-bathroom-law","tag-south-carolina","tag-supreme-court","tag-transgender-rights"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AP25178425381970-1-1.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2484969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2484969"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2484969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2484973,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2484969\/revisions\/2484973"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2484970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2484969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2484969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2484969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}