DOJ defends fairness in sports | Power Line
Earlier this year, Idaho enacted the Fairness in Women s Sports Act. It goes into effect next month.
The Act contains two main provisions. First, covered athletic teams shall be expressly designated as one of the following based on biological sex: (a) Males, men, or boys; (b) Females, women, or girls; or (c) Coed or mixed.
Second, [a]thletic teams or sports designated for females, women, or girls shall not be open to students of the male sex. The Act does not contain a comparable limitation for biological females who wish to participate on a team designated for biological males.
The Act was promptly challenged as unconstitutional. The theory, I suppose, is that males who feel like females (or who say they do) have a constitutional right to compete against girls and women in sports, and thereby to take advantage of the superior athletic attributes they possess by virtue of being male, biologically.
The Department of Justice has filed a Statement of Interest in the Idaho litigation. In announcing the decision to do so, Attorney General Barr said: