In a 6-3 decision Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court granted an emergency stay order requiring all new passports to display an individual’s biological sex at birth.

The vote upholds President Donald Trump’s executive order , requiring the federal government to recognize “male” and “female” as biological sex instead of people to mark their perceived gender.

A lower court in Massachusetts had blocked the policy, claiming the new passport policy violated the Equal Protection Clause in the Constitution and the federal Administrative Procedure Act.

Upon the high court’s decision, ACLU Masachussets released a statement saying the decision will “cause immediate, widespread, and irreparable harm to all those who are being denied accurate identity documents.” The civil liberties organization a

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