The Supreme Court declined to allow South Carolina to enforce a law requiring students to use bathrooms corresponding to his or her biological sex on Wednesday.

The 6-3, unsigned order said the request, brought forward as an emergency petition by the state, was not denied on the merits, but rather due to the standards the justices consider when deciding whether to grant a stay. South Carolina filed the request after an appeals court blocked the transgender bathroom law from going into effect.

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