From Fox News: The legal defense to “save women’s sports” scored a big win in its Supreme Court battle over transgender athletes this week.
After an Idaho trans athlete tried to have the potential landmark SCOTUS case dropped, a federal judge struck down the attempt to dismiss it and ruled that the case should proceed.
U.S. District Judge David Nye, appointed by President Donald Trump in 2017, rejected former Boise State trans athlete Lindsay Hecox’s motion to dismiss the case. The trans athlete started the legal battle in 2020, but tried to have it dismissed in September after the Supreme Court agreed in July to hear the case.
Now Nye has denied Hecox’s request.
Nye emphasized that after years of litigation, “[Idaho] has a fair right to have its arguments heard and adjudicated once and for all.” And that, “[T]he Court feels {Hecox’s} mootness argument is, as above, somewhat manipulative to avoid Supreme Court review and should not be endorsed.”
Hecox, a biological male, had originally filed the lawsuit in 2020 in an effort to join the women’s cross-country team at Boise State. In response to the lawsuit, a federal judge blocked the state’s law that prevented trans athletes from competing in women’s sports. A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel upheld the block in 2023.
The State of Idaho fought back, and the Supreme Court agreed to hear the case in July.
But last month, Hecox petitioned for the Supreme Court to just drop the case. The petition said Hecox “has therefore decided to permanently withdraw and refrain from playing any women’s sports at BSU or in Idaho.”
However, the defense team, led by Idaho Attorney General Raul Labrador and Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) attorney Kristen Waggoner, still want to fight the case, saying “this case is looking for a bigger-picture outcome than simply whether Hecox can play women’s sports.”
Labrador said he is calling for the Supreme Court to protect the rights of states to protect women’s sports.
After a transgender athlete won before the Ninth Circuit in blocking an Idaho law, the Supreme Court granted review. Hecox clearly did not like the prospects and sought to withdraw the case before the Court could rule. Judge Nye just denied that effort. https://t.co/drJnvkfbNg
— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) October 15, 2025
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