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The Supreme Court heard arguments for two landmark transgender athlete cases on Tuesday, one based in West Virginia and one in Idaho, both of which were brought by transgender women contesting the legality of their state's ban on transgender female athletes.

The cases could have broad ramifications for the rights of transgenders in the U.S.,

Hello and welcome to USA Today's The Excerpt.

I'm Dana Taylor.

Today is Wednesday, January 14th, 2026.

Joining me now to discuss the arguments and also how the court responded is USA Today Supreme Court correspondent Maureen Grappe.

Thank you so much for coming on, Maureen.

Thanks for having me on.

These two cases took a long time to reach the Supreme Court.

In fact, Idaho and West Virginia both fielded petitions to have the court review lower court's rulings in July of 2024.

But the Supreme Court didn't grant those petitions until after its June 2025 decision in U.S.

v. Grimetti.

Why and what was that case about?