South Carolina Asks Supreme Court to Allow State to Enforce Transgender Bathroom Policy

South Carolina Asks Supreme Court to Allow State to Enforce Transgender Bathroom Policy


South Carolina is asking the Supreme Court to be able to fully enforce its policy requiring school districts to mandate that students only use restrooms that correspond with their biological sex.  

The state filed an emergency application late Thursday asking the High Court to block an order from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit requiring a Berkley County school to allow a female who identifies as a male to use the boys’ restrooms.

“South Carolina passed this law to protect the privacy and safety of every child in our schools,” South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson said in a statement. “But activist judges on the Fourth Circuit threw out common sense and the will of the people to give one student a

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