WASHINGTON – South Carolina wants the Supreme Court to let it prevent a transgender boy from using boy’s restrooms in his high school.

In an emergency request filed Aug. 28, the state and school district asked the court to pause a court order that the student be allowed to use the restroom that matches his gender identity while he challenges the state’s policy.

The Berkeley County School District is now forced to chose between obeying the court order and not running afoul of the Trump administration, which has gone after schools that allow transgender students to choose their bathroom and locker room, lawyers told the Supreme Court .

“It’s now stuck between an impossible rock and hard place,” they wrote.

The state legislature, in 2024, included in the state budget a requirement t

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