History at the Supreme Court... and a HUGE Win For Women and Girls

Something truly historic happened this morning at the U.S. Supreme Court. We did spend an hour bashing them because we don't like the birthright citizenship opinion, but I have to tell you, I teared up when I saw the opinion on girl sports. So many people have worked so hard to make this happen today, and reason prevailed. The protection of girls and young women is insured now, at least for those 27 states that have passed bans disallowing biological boys to participate in their sports. The court's decision involves laws in West Virginia and Idaho. Do you remember? We all went down to Washington, D.C. We watched these arguments live. So important was this case to us, but it has implications for all the other states that have similar restrictions as well and could potentially expand beyond that at some point. We have not yet had the big decision. We have not yet had a case go up where the question is, must they ban boys from girl sports? That was not on the docket. It was may they, may they, and the answer to may they was yes. Justice Brett Kavanaugh writing for the majority, quote, the Constitution and Title IX do not require an overhaul of women's and girls' sports throughout America. Justice Clarence Thomas, not holding back in his concurring opinion, writing, quote, A man does not have a legal right to compete against women just because he believes that he is a woman because gender dysphoria is a mutable. That's an important word, mental state that is the object of psychiatric treatment. It does not resemble the immutable characteristics on the basis of which our precedents have applied heightened scrutiny. In other words, if the court had been using heightened scrutiny to evaluate these bans, it would have been much tougher to uphold them. And he pointed out those protected classes like race, sex or national origin. Those are very important words. He's saying transgenderism is not an immutable characteristic like your skin color. OK, and so it's not going to get this heightened scrutiny when it's treated as it has been by these bans. Like it's not the be all end all. The high court's not going to bend over backward to be protective of people who claim to have this status because it's not immutable. It's mutable. You can mute it. Ask Chloe Cole, right? I mean, it's not this is something it's a social contagion and a psychiatric illness. And it is being treated in many, many cases and actually does get reversed all the time. Justice Thomas finishing, quote, to use language to obscure reality, to show indifference regarding the truth, is to lie to the public and cease to treat our fellow citizens as equals. That is so beautiful. He is so underrated as an orator, as a great writer, as a great thinker. He's another one who's unfortunately getting old and we need to protect. Joining me now, I mean, truly to say that she's behind this decision would be to understate her the importance of her role in this battle. Her name is Kirsten Wagoner, and she is the president and chief counsel at Alliance Defending Freedom. We love Alliance Defending Freedom. It is the firm that took this all the way to the US Supreme Court. They've been in since the beginning on the ground floor of this fight. And joining us as well is Madison Kenyon. Maddie's a former athlete at Idaho State University. This is one of the two suits involved in this lawsuit who stepped forward to be a part of this case. In 2019, she competed against a male athlete in track and field during her college years and lost to him. He was claiming to be female five times. The male she competed against broke record after record, girls records, which had stood prior to a boy coming in and smashing them. And of course, he received nothing but adoration in the fawning media. Today is a massive win, massive win for Maddie and little girls and young women just like her. I'm just, I'm awed by your courage, Maddie. Kristen, I'm so grateful to you. Just feel like it's monumental what happened. I know how much work and truly on your part, Maddie, courage it took. Let me start with you, Maddie, and your reaction to the ruling. To say I am ecstatic would be an understatement. I've been waiting six years for today. My heart is full of gratitude for ADF for all the work that they've done for the attorney generals. To know that 27 states, as of today, protect their women so that they don't have to go through what I went through or witness their teammates pushed off podiums and see roster spots given to men and to know that that is now protected for those women is just a day to celebrate. Because of people like you, because of young women like you, who instead of being shamed out of your totally reasonable, fair and honest opinion, said, I'm not accepting that. I'm actually going to continue speaking up. And indeed, I'm actually going to do something about legally. Can you just give us a couple of lines on how that happened for you, your experience that got you to that point? Yeah. So the Women's and Fairness Sports Act was, it was proposed at a point that I was actually doing a speech class. And so I had read it and I gave a speech that it should be passed by the time the speech was given. It was actually already passed. And so I was like, I'm in Idaho. Yeah. And so I was in super big support of it, found out that it had that ACLU had sued and through teammates that high school teammates, my friend had in Utah, they connected us with ADF because they were concerned. ACLU had sued to stop the law. They did not want the law. And then ADF is like what the ACLU used to be. Yeah. It fights for actual rights as opposed to just some woke agenda. So you connected with the good guys. Yeah. And said, sign me up. Yeah. But we connected to them through athletes in Utah that were concerned about this issue as well. So just to point out that there are so many people not okay with this. And so then we got involved and we signed on. We had to because nobody else was. Our coaches, our athletic directors and the NCAA were allowing men to compete as women. And they were not protecting us. They're not protecting our opportunities. And we were watching them being stripped from us in present time. And so we had to get involved. And that's how it started. Kirsten, we saw this. You and I spoke the day of the argument. You came on the show. We both felt confident about it, but you don't want to heave that sigh of relief until you actually see pen on paper. Your reaction to this huge victory of girls. I mean, even as you were talking, Megan, like just the emotional reaction to it was so significant for me. And there are certain parts of the decision where I was just like, oh, thank you. Thank you. Thank you. It needs to go out to Attorney General Labrador in Idaho, as well as Attorney General McCuskey from West Virginia, because we elect these officials and they are charged with defending these laws. And we have seen so many spineless, gutless officials across the United States refuse to stand for women. And these men courageously did it. And they allowed and essentially cheered on athletes like Maddie and ADF to come alongside and help as well. But you're right. We started this 10 years ago, more than that, and it has been a long haul. But man, was it worth it after today's decision. No BS, no agenda, no fear. Think about this. In 2006, $20,000 equaled roughly 33 ounces of gold at spot price. At today's prices, those 33 ounces would be worth about $165,000. That's why many smart Americans diversify a portion of their savings into precious metals. And that's why you should consider buying gold from Birch Gold Group. For thousands of years, gold has been a store of wealth. 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