A federal judge allowed Idaho’s transgender athlete Supreme Court case to proceed after Lindsay Hecox attempted to have the landmark women’s sports lawsuit dropped.
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FIRSTONFOX:Thelegaldefenseto“savewomen’ssports”scoredabigwininitsSupremeCourtbattleovertransgenderathletesthisweek.
AfteranIdahotransathletetriedtohavethepotentiallandmarkSCOTUScasedropped,afederaljudgestruckdowntheattempttodismissitandruledthatthecaseshouldproceed.
U.S.DistrictJudgeDavidNye,appointedbyPresidentDonaldTrumpin2017,rejectedformerBoiseStatetransathleteLindsayHecox’smotiontodismissthecase.Thetransathletestartedthelegalbattlein2020,buttriedtohaveitdismissedinSeptemberaftertheSupremeCourtagreedinJulytohearthecase.
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NowNyehasdeniedHecox’srequest.
Nyeemphasizedthatafteryearsoflitigation,“[Idaho]hasafairrighttohaveitsargumentsheardandadjudicatedonceandforall.”Andthat,“[T]heCourtfeels{Hecox’s}mootnessargumentis,asabove,somewhatmanipu
