South Carolina has asked the Supreme Court to block an appeals court order that exempts a transgender-identifying student from a state law banning students from using school restrooms inconsistent with their sex.
The application in South Carolina v. Doe, docketed by the nation’s highest court on Aug. 28, was directed to Chief Justice John Roberts, who oversees emergency appeals from the Palmetto State.
The state is asking the Supreme Court to halt an injunction the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued on Aug. 12 that requires a Berkeley County school to allow a female student who identifies as male to use boys’ restrooms. The injunction did not strike down a state law mandating that public school bathrooms be separated along the lines of sex but created an exception applying only to the respondent, identified in court papers as John Doe….