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Supreme Court upholds state laws banning transgender girls and women from school athletic teams
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Supreme Court upholds state laws banning transgender girls and women from school athletic teams

  • By MARK SHERMAN and LINDSAY WHITEHURST - Associated Press
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The Supreme Court is upholding state laws barring transgender girls and women from playing on school athletic teams, in another setback for transgender people. The court’s conservative majority has repeatedly ruled against transgender Americans in the past year. It rules Tuesday that state bans in Idaho and West Virginia don’t violate the Constitution or the federal law known as Title IX, which prohibits sex discrimination in education. More than two dozen other Republican-led states have adopted bans on female transgender athletes. Left unresolved by the outcome are lawsuits challenging state laws and regulations in Connecticut, California and elsewhere that permit transgender athletes to compete consistent with their gender identity.

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The Supreme Court nears the end of its term with momentous cases about Trump's power to be decided

  • By MARK SHERMAN - Associated Press

The Supreme Court is wrapping up a term that has focused on President Donald Trump’s expansive claims of presidential power. Trump’s efforts to restrict birthright citizenship, fire the heads of most independent agencies at will and remove a sitting Federal Reserve governor are among the remaining eight cases the justices are expected to decide this week, beginning Monday. The court also is weighing, in cases from West Virginia and Idaho, whether to uphold laws in roughly half the states that prohibit transgender girls and women from playing on their public school and college sports. By custom, the court finishes its work before July 4. After this week, its next public meeting is the first Monday in October.

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About Mike DeWine, the Republican Ohio governor who has called for an end to the death penalty

  • By JULIE CARR SMYTH - Associated Press
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Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is using his bully pulpit to call for an end to the death penalty in his state. Announcing his decision Tuesday, the 79-year-old Republican cited his expertise as a former county prosecutor, member of both chambers of Congress and as Ohio's attorney general. But DeWine's support for a policy change is far from assured to make waves, even in a state controlled by his own party. DeWine is moderate in comparison to younger Republicans whose political aspirations rely on endorsements from President Donald Trump, a staunch death penalty supporter.