Every once in a while, the Supreme Court hands down a decision so grounded in common sense that you wonder how the issue even got there in the first place. Why was such a case so necessary that the highest court in the land had to weigh in on it? Sadly, that’s where we’re at.
But the ruling itself was only half the story.
The other half was the reaction from the left, which told us everything we need to know about the modern Democrat Party. The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that states can protect women's sports after all. In a 6-3 decision, the justices upheld West Virginia's Save Women's Sports Act and Idaho's Fairness in Women's Sports Act, rejecting claims that laws keeping biological males off female sports teams violate Title IX or the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote the majority opinion in West Virginia v. B.P.J., which the court combined with Little v. Hecox, and Justices Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch each wrote a concurring opinion.
It was a huge victory for women. Real women.
Naturally, the left lost its collective mind, and nobody beclowned himself faster than Gov. Tim Walz (D-Minn.), who couldn't even wait for the justices to finish handing down the ruling before rushing to X to condemn it.
"As the Supreme Court says states can be cruel to trans kids, my message is clear: Here in Minnesota, we stand with and value our trans neighbors and youth," Walz posted.
As the Supreme Court says states can be cruel to trans kids, my message is clear:
— Governor Tim Walz (@GovTimWalz) June 30, 2026
Here in Minnesota, we stand with and value our trans neighbors and youth.
Cruel. That's the word he went with.
Congress passed Title IX in 1972 to guarantee women and girls equal educational opportunities, including the right to compete on a level playing field in athletics. Forcing girls to compete against biological males denies them that equal opportunity. Forcing them to share bathrooms and locker rooms with males strips them of their dignity. Walz mentioned none of that. In his telling, the only victims worth acknowledging are the boys who want to play on girls' teams, and the girls losing races, roster spots, and scholarships don't exist.
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The backlash came quickly, and much of it came from Walz's own backyard. John Nagel, a Republican candidate for Congress in Minnesota's 5th Congressional District, responded to Walz, saying, "Once again, you disregard the laws of America. You don't support women's rights. You don't stand for anything. You are the face of everything that is wrong with the Democratic party. So at this point your opinion means nothing. Parents and coaches will start suing." Nagel also predicted the Department of Justice would add Minnesota to its growing pile of lawsuits if the state refuses to comply.
Good.
State Sen. Julia Coleman (R-Minn.) offered Walz a competing definition of cruelty. "What's cruel is making a teenage girl, already uncomfortable in her own skin, change in a locker room next to a naked boy," Coleman wrote. "What's cruel is letting our girls get the s**t kicked out of them by biological males on the field and lose out on scholarships and more chances to compete. What's cruel is putting your base above female safety and opportunities."
She's right, and here's the thing: Walz knows she's right. He may never admit it, but he does.
That's what makes the left's reaction to this ruling so infuriating. Do Democrats really believe it's fair to let biological males compete on women's teams? Of course they don't. They can see the mismatched race results, the shattered records, and the injured girls as clearly as the rest of us. You don't need to be a biologist to understand. Poll after poll shows that even a majority of their own voters oppose it. But admitting the obvious would mean crossing the trans cult, and there's nothing the modern Democrat Party fears more than its own radical base.
