Ninth Circuit Declines to Halt Idaho College Trans Restroom Law

A pair of transgender students attending public Idaho universities failed to convince the Ninth Circuit to halt enforcement during their appeal of a state law that requires them to use restrooms aligning with their sex assigned at birth.

The students haven’t shown they’re likely to suffer irreparable harm in order to warrant preliminary injunctive relief, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit said in a Monday order. The students sued Idaho state officials and schools over H.B. 264, alleging the law violates Title IX, the US Constitution’s equal protection clause, and Title VII of the 1964 Civil ...