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On the recordJuly 1, 2026
Because the Court today errs by reducing the burden, at least in the sports context, that the Constitution places on state actors when classifying based on sex, I respectfully dissent.
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Sonia Sotomayor
New York

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Dissenting opinion on transgender athletes ruling.

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