Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador is in Washington D.C. today (Mon) with his team to defend the Fairness in Women’s Sports Act before the United States Supreme Court. Oral arguments in Little vs Hecox are scheduled for tomorrow (Tue). Labrador is representing Idaho to defend the landmark law passed by the Idaho Legislature and signed by Governor Little in 2020. Idaho Solicitor General Alan Hurst will argue the case.
Idaho’s Fairness in Women’s Sports Act, enacted in 2020 was the first law of its kind in the nation aimed at protecting female student-athletes by ensuring biological males cannot compete in women’s sports categories. The law was immediately challenged in federal court, and litigation has continued for nearly five years. When Attorney General Labrador took office in January 2023, he fought to defend the law and appealed the case to the U.S. Supreme Court after the Ninth Circuit blocked enforcement of the law.
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear Idaho’s case in July 2025, consolidating it with a similar case from West Virginia. Idaho’s law has served as a model for similar protections enacted in states across the nation.
