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The Sean Hannity Show

Transgender Sports Argument Reaches Top Court

The Sean Hannity Show

Sean Hannity

Politics, News Commentary, News, Daily News

3.79.7K Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Sean breaks down fresh Supreme Court arguments over West Virginia and Idaho bans on transgender athletes in women's sports, including exchanges with Justices Amy Coney Barrett, Katanji Brown-Jackson, and Sam Alito. Alliance Defending Freedoms Kristen Wagoner and collegiate runner Mary-Kate Marshall join to discuss how the cases affect female competitors and the intent of Title IX. He plays key moments from the courtroom, including questions to attorney Kathleen Hartnett about defining sex and equal protection. Later, Sean examines congressional stock trading and Nancy Pelosi's reported returns with House Administration Chairman Brian Stile, who outlines a bill to bar members from buying individual stocks and discusses blind trusts. The hour also tracks developing stories on Iran, immigration, and other headlines while taking listener calls.

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0:10.9

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0:13.6

So the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments yesterday involving two cases with

0:20.3

transgender athletes in women's sports.

0:23.6

One report out, and I brought this up with Riley Gaines on television last night,

0:28.0

has over 890 instances that they've chronicled in one study that shows that female athletes,

0:37.3

that women in sports, you know, lost medals and

0:41.5

championships because of a biological men playing women's sports. And she said, no, no, no,

0:48.4

it's much higher than that. She says, that's only the cases that are reported. The arguments went forward.

0:55.7

It's always hard, and I put this caveat out there to interpret Supreme Court

1:00.9

Justice's comments, questions that they make, but I think it's certainly worth playing

1:05.2

some of it for you.

1:07.1

Some people were a little surprised, for example, justice amy coney barrett's comments referring

1:12.9

to biological boys as trans girls uh this is what she said i there are no six year olds in

1:20.3

the state to whom the statute applies because there are no school sponsored that's why it was a hypothetical

1:24.8

okay right um yes like it would be the normal intermediate scrutiny analysis.

1:30.9

And are we saying it applies only to six-year-olds or to everybody across the board?

1:34.2

Well, I'm just trying to give you a hypothesis.

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