The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday hinted it might not be willing to follow the transgender-bathroom rabbit trail as far as an appeals court did in a Virginia case in which a school board was ordered to allow a female student to use the boys’ restroom and other facilities because she claims she identifies as a boy.
The court, on a 5-3 vote, suspended that order from the lower court and said it would review the case.
The dispute is in Gloucester County where the school board declined to give the student, known as Gavin Grimm, permission to use the restroom and facilities of her choice.
She contested the decision, and the most recent ruling in the case, from the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, was in her favor.
That court, however, delayed implementation of its ruling so the school board could appeal, and the Supreme Court maintained the status quo while the case develops.
Justice Stephen Breyer, who ordinarily aligns with the court’s liberal faction, joined the conservatives in the decision.
The battle over the bathroom mandates has erupted into a national issue as the Obama administration has tried to force all schools to allow students to pick their gender.
Parents and schools have objected, and multiple states have sued over the requirement.
They argue that boys should be in boys’ rooms and girls should be in girls’ rooms for activities that require being unclothed.
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