130 Dems to SCOTUS: Let Men Compete in Women's Sports

Just when you thought Congressional Democrats couldn't get any daffier, 130 Democratic members of the House and Senate have filed an amicus brief to the Supreme Court, asking them to allow men to compete in women's sports. This is part of an ongoing legal fight, in the case of one Becky Pepper-Jackson, a West Virginia teenager who has challenged West Virginia laws banning him, yes, him, from competing in women's sports. Another plaintiff, one Lindsay Hecox, has done much the same in Idaho. These cases are now headed to the Supreme Court.

A coalition of 130 congressional Democrats filed an amicus brief to the Supreme Court urging it to rule in favor of two trans athletes in forthcoming cases over the protection of women's sports and national enforcement of Title IX.
The coalition, which includes nine senators and 121 House members, is led by Congressional Equality Caucus Co-Chair Rep. Becca Balint, D-V.t., Democratic Women’s Caucus Chair Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández, D-N.M., and Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii.
The list of signees features prominent figures on the party's left wing, including Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Ilhan Omar, D-Minn. The list also includes House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Rep. Nancy Pelosi. The list does not include noted moderate Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., or Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.

This isn't an equality issue. It's an issue of fundamental fairness. It's an issue of biology. It's an issue of letting women compete against women. We have always drawn a distinct line between men's and women's sports, and there are many good reasons for doing so, most of them biological.

Here's the really dumb part of all this:

The 130 Democrats on the list urged the court to side with Becky Pepper-Jackson, a trans teen from West Virginia who successfully challenged the state's law that prohibits biological males from competing in girls' sports, and Lindsay Hecox, who successfully challenged a similar law in Idaho to compete on Boise State's women's cross-country team.
"Categorical bans—such as the bans in West Virginia and Idaho—undermine those protections and the ability of transgender students to be part of their school community," the brief writes.
Hirono wrote in an announcement of the brief, "All students deserve equal access to opportunity in schools—whether in the classroom, on the playing field, or in other settings. No student should be discriminated against based on who they are.

"Becky" Pepper-Jackson is not being discriminated against. Not in any way. Neither is Lindsay Hecox. They are as free to compete in sports against members of their own sex, like any other young man. And I remain, as always, skeptical to the extreme that any of these young men attempting this dodge actually suffer from gender dysphoria. They are likely taking advantage of a social contagion to try to gain an unfair advantage in sport. The Supreme Court should put a stop to this, once and for all.

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These teenagers have precisely the same opportunities as any other student: to compete in sports against other boys. This is the only issue of fairness. There are, as I have repeatedly stated and will keep repeating until this issue is decided once and for all, basic issues of biology at stake here, namely, the considerable and undeniable advantages men and boys have over women and girls in sports, issues that are present even before puberty. These are facts. These facts, not the ranting of a group of far-left Democrats whining about "discrimination," should decide this matter.

Lindsay Hecox has withdrawn from collegiate women's sports and asked for his case to be dismissed, perhaps due to the realization that he was likely to lose on appeal. U.S. District Judge David Nye refused the request. This case, as noted, will be decided by the Supreme Court.

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