Little v. Hecox & West Virginia v. Jackson Amicus Brief

September 16, 2025

Amicus Brief • Family • Freedom • Issues • Take Action

This case involves a transgender challenge to the West Virginia Save Women’s Sports Act. The lower court initially held that separating athletic teams based on biology is substantially related to the state’s important interest in providing equal athletic opportunities to females, who would otherwise be displaced if forced to compete with males. This challenge appealed to the Supreme Court’s opinion in Bostock. Unfortunately, the Fourth Circuit held that WV had violated Equal Protection and Title IX. Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has granted the petition for certiorari in this case (and a similar case arising in Idaho), NCVI writes to argue that Bostock was a narrow ruling about employment practices that must not be stretched to women’s sports, where differences between the two sexes are critical to the safety and success of women.

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“As a society, we need to cherish the institutions that bring us into existence, and give our existence meaning. I believe human flourishing starts with the heart and the home.”

Tami Fitzgerald, Executive Director, NC Values Institute

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George Washington, 1st US President

“… if we descend still lower and go down to families, it is true even there that the village is composed of families and not that the families are cut from the village. The family was there first, and only then could the village take shape. Finally, if the village vanished there would still be families; but if the households were to disband the village too would come to an end.”

Abraham Kuyper, Former Dutch Prime Minister

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