Andrew Chung

The laws are trying to prevent biological males, is what they refer to, from participating on female sports teams.

So the Supreme Court is weighing whether these laws are a violation of the Constitution or a federal law called Title IX, which prevents and prohibits sex discrimination in education.

This case is about transgender participation in sports, but if the Supreme Court rules for the states, it could have a much wider effect because depending on what the court says, if it rules broadly, it could affect transgender rights in other areas, including other things that happen in education.

It could affect how students are treated in the classroom.

It could affect how they are designated on government documents going forward.

It could affect how and whether the government will still be able to ban them from the military as President Trump has sought to do.

It could have pretty wide-ranging ripple effects.