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Supreme Court - Oral Arguments Little v. Hecox (Transgender Athletes) -- 1/13/26
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Posted on 01/13/2026 7:07:03 AM PST by CFW

The Supreme Court has just now started oral arguments in the transgender case.

Little v Hecox.

Issue: 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 14th Amendment.

You can listen to the arguments here:

Supreme Court audio

SCOTUSblog is livestreaming it at their website.

SCOTUS oral argument

scotusblog.com


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: courts; hecox; scotus; transgender

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1 posted on 01/13/2026 7:07:03 AM PST by CFW
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To: CottonBall; spacejunkie2001; Bshaw; ptsal; 11th_VA; Reno89519; newfreep; frogjerk; OneVike; ...

SCOTUS ping!


2 posted on 01/13/2026 7:09:05 AM PST by CFW
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To: CFW

Sad that this is even a question.


3 posted on 01/13/2026 7:09:48 AM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? On hold! Enlisted USN 1967 proudly. ๐Ÿšซ๐Ÿ’‰! ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ™! Winning currently!)
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To: rktman

Broad readings of the 14th’s equal protection clause have not been kind to this country.


4 posted on 01/13/2026 7:13:49 AM PST by lastchance (Cognovit Dominus qui sunt eius.)
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To: rktman

[Sad that this is even a question]

It’s an ominous Sign of the Times

“Transgender” is a SATANIC LIE
from the Pits of Hell ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ

Wow to those who are deceived
by this unGodly madness


5 posted on 01/13/2026 7:17:55 AM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: lastchance

“Broad readings of the 14thโ€™s equal protection clause have not been kind to this country.”


I agree. Unfortunately the role of the Democrat district court judges has been to broaden the readings time after time thus ending up with a SCOTUS hearing. There, we have a couple justices that are way too squishy on the issue (ahem—Gorsuch and Roberts).


6 posted on 01/13/2026 7:18:05 AM PST by CFW
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To: CFW

Little Hecox? I’ll stop right there...


7 posted on 01/13/2026 7:19:43 AM PST by null and void (To them, words are merely a means to deceive humans.)
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To: CFW; ProgressingAmerica
Here you go! 14th amendment still causing problems today.

Ping to "progressing america".

8 posted on 01/13/2026 7:20:32 AM PST by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: rktman

Here is a scotusblog article on the legal issues on the case. Yeah, I know that site is left-wing, but they do compile good information on scotus cases.

https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/01/the-transgender-athlete-cases-an-explainer/


9 posted on 01/13/2026 7:21:11 AM PST by CFW
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To: lastchance; CFW
Broad readings of the 14thโ€™s equal protection clause have not been kind to this country.

If it hadn't been written so badly, and if it had not been passed against the will of the people who "ratified" it, it would not now be causing all the problems it has been causing.

10 posted on 01/13/2026 7:22:33 AM PST by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: CFW

Little Hecox???


11 posted on 01/13/2026 7:31:07 AM PST by blackdog (The philosophy of the schoolroom in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.)
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To: CFW
SCOTUS is forced to consider such nonsense because its own abuse of the 14th Amendment to cover perverted sex acts and "gay" marriage.

It's own rulings have inevitably brought its precedents into conflict with Title IX and the 1st Amendment's guarantees of religious practice.

If there is ever a leftist majority on the court, they will hold that their fictional expansion of the 14th Amendment overrides Title IX and the 1st Amendment's guarantees of freedom of religion and free speech: the state will be free to force church groups to hire homosexuals and any complaints will be subject to prosecution as "hate speech." Guaranteed.

12 posted on 01/13/2026 7:32:41 AM PST by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
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To: blackdog

Little Hecox???


Yep. A bit on point don’t ya think?


13 posted on 01/13/2026 7:43:55 AM PST by CFW
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To: lastchance

It should be titled Amendment 14 v Title IX.

There can only be one.

EC


14 posted on 01/13/2026 7:59:48 AM PST by Ex-Con777 ("Journalism is about covering important stories-with a pillow, until they stop moving." ~ David Burg)
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To: CFW

Oh great, the Little-Hecox ruling. Seriously? Yagotta name the fake dong case, Little-Hecox?


15 posted on 01/13/2026 8:06:32 AM PST by dangus
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To: rktman

And itโ€™s sad that that it could go either way. The Boy Scouts is bankrupt and gone, The Catholic Church, the entertainment industry all destroyed by these bastards


16 posted on 01/13/2026 8:07:20 AM PST by iamgalt
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To: rktman
Sad that this is even a question.

Exactly, issue summary judgement that bars trans from girls' sports.

17 posted on 01/13/2026 8:12:41 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: CFW

FTR, Fox is carrying it. Requires concentration; they’re really off in the tall weeds. Gorsuch sounds so darn reasonable ...


18 posted on 01/13/2026 8:28:44 AM PST by gloryblaze
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To: gloryblaze

Kavanaugh seems to think it is a state issue... works for me.


19 posted on 01/13/2026 8:56:32 AM PST by gloryblaze
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To: CFW
I've been listening to the arguments on an off in the background but it's all legalize that I can't understand.

15 years ago, who would have thought that the USSC would be pressed to decide if men can or can not compete in women's sports.

The world is upside down.

20 posted on 01/13/2026 9:01:41 AM PST by Hot Tabasco
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