Overview
- Oral arguments for Little v. Hecox and West Virginia v. B.P.J. are set for Jan. 13, 2026, targeting Idaho and West Virginia laws that bar transgender girls and women from female school sports teams.
- The Court deferred a decision on Lindsay Hecox’s bid to dismiss the Idaho case as moot, choosing to take up that issue during the Jan. 13 hearing after a lower court declined dismissal.
- The Fourth Circuit held West Virginia’s law violates Title IX, and the Ninth Circuit concluded Idaho’s ban violates equal protection, setting up Supreme Court review of both constitutional and statutory questions.
- Wolford v. Lopez is scheduled for Jan. 20, examining a Hawaii law that criminalizes carrying a handgun on private property without the owner’s explicit permission, a measure the Ninth Circuit upheld.
- Trump v. Cook will be heard Jan. 21, as the justices consider the president’s request to pause a ruling that prevents him from firing Fed Governor Lisa Cook, who remains in office under a district court order.