A look at the legal and political fight over trans athletes as cases reach Supreme Court

About this episode

The episode discusses the legal and political battle over the participation of transgender athletes in women's sports as it reaches the Supreme Court.

A hotly debated political issue made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court. At issue is whether transgender athletes should be allowed to compete in women's sports. The conservative majority seemed skeptical of striking down bans already in place in over half of all states. Liz Landers has a closer look at the legal and political fight before the nation's highest court. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

People in this episode

Host: Liz Landers

Topics covered

• transgender athletes
• women's sports
• Supreme Court
• legal issues
• political debate

Keywords

• transgender athletes
• women's sports
• Supreme Court
• legal fight
• political issue
• conservative majority
• state bans

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