“The United States Supreme Court just ruled against men playing in women’s sports.”

On June 30, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling in cases involving state laws from Idaho and West Virginia that restricted transgender athletes from participating in sports teams aligned with their gender identity. The Court held that these state-level bans do not violate federal civil rights laws, such as Title IX. Consequently, states are permitted to enforce laws that require students to compete on teams corresponding to their sex assigned at birth. The ruling does not establish a nationwide federal ban, but it validates the legality of existing state-level restrictions. Donald Trump's statement that the Court 'ruled against men playing in women’s sports' is a characterization of the ruling's effect; however, the Court's legal opinion focused on the status of transgender women and girls, not 'men' in the common parlance of the term. The ruling is a significant legal victory for proponents of state-level bans, but the claim's phrasing is a political interpretation of the Court's decision regarding transgender athletes.