A transgender student at Boise State University wants to drop her five-year legal battle over Idaho’s transgender athletics ban.

And last week, Lindsay Hecox asked the U.S. Supreme Court to drop the case — instead of hearing arguments for and against the law.

Filed Sept. 2, Hecox’s motion is the latest twist in a dispute that began in March 2020, when Idaho became the first state to pass a law banning transgender athletes from competing in women’s and girls’ sports.

Twenty-six other states have passed similar bans, but Idaho’s law remains mired in court. Siding with Hecox, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has blocked the law from going into effect. Attorney General Raúl Labrador appealed. In July, the U.S. Supreme Court said it would hear Idaho’s case — setting the st

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