Supreme Court Oral Arguments Quoted FFLC’s Amicus Brief in “Save Girls’ Sports” Case
The Founding Freedoms Law Center (FFLC) recently filed our first brief before the U.S. Supreme Court in a blockbuster case seeking to “save girls’ sports.” FFLC attorneys Josh Hetzler and Michael Sylvester, in partnership with Law Professor Teresa Stanton Collett, served as counsel for an amicus brief filed in Little v. Hecox and West Virginia v. B.P.J.. The brief was written on behalf of Reem Alsalem, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women and Girls, to explore the real-world consequences to girls when men try to compete in their sports.
Our team was outside the Supreme Court building yesterday as the issues were being argued. In our case, the high Court is attempting to answer the question: "Whether laws that seek to protect women's and girls' sports by limiting participation to women and girls based on sex violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment."
Here is a brief video I made outside the Court explaining what the case is about:
On top of that, we were thrilled to hear that, during his argument in Little v. Hecox yesterday, Idaho's Solicitor General, Alan Hurst, cited our client's brief. Mr. Hurst (at 1:49:52) cited page 16 of this brief, which states: "[O]ver 600 female athletes in more than 400 competitions have already lost more than 890 medals in 29 different sports." We are so glad we were able to make a meaningful contribution to this critically important case.
