Supreme Court allows Trump to enforce passport restrictions targeting transgender people

Main Idea: The Supreme Court let President Donald Trump enforce a passport policy that limits sex markers to male or female based on sex assigned at birth, while the case continues.

Key Points:

• The court granted an emergency request from the Trump administration to put the policy into effect right away.
• Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, joined by the other liberal justices, dissented and said the government had not shown it would be harmed by waiting.
• The policy rolls back Biden-era rules that allowed an “X” marker and let people choose a marker that matched their gender identity.
• The ruling is not final, but it gives Trump a temporary win in a case brought by transgender people who say the policy violates equal protection rights.