COLUMBIA — The U.S. Supreme Court for now will not intervene in a case seeking to bar a transgender Berkeley County teen from using the boys’ restroom at school.

In an order issued Sept. 10, Chief Justice John Roberts said the court would not be taking up an Aug. 28 appeal by S.C. Attorney General Alan Wilson to block the unidentified teenager from using a preference restroom at the also unidentified public school.

Roberts said the request did not meet the merits for obtaining emergency relief from the nation’s high court.

Advocates for the teen praised the lack of intervention.

“Today’s decision from the Supreme Court reaffirms what we all know to be true: Contrary to South Carolina’s insistence, trans students are not emergencies,” Alexandra Brodsky, litigation director for Public

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