(Jan. 13, 2026): Southeastern Legal Foundation’s (SLF) Kimberly Hermann joins John Solomon Reports in the hours following a historic argument before the U.S. Supreme Court, where the Court is deciding whether states can ban biological males from playing in women’s sports. The cases, Little v. Hecox and West Virginia v. B.P.J., grapple with the same issue: whether it violates the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment for states to protect women’s and girls’ sports by keeping sports teams sex-separate.
SLF discusses some of the key takeaways of the day, including that attorneys representing transgender individuals challenging those state laws could not even define what a man or a woman is when asked by the justices.
While Hermann is confident that the Supreme Court will uphold the state laws and protect girls’ sports this summer, she notes that some questions may linger after the decision. While the Court may side with over 25 states currently banning boys from playing in girls’ sports, “[t]he question is going to be, can states like California and Colorado and New York allow it?”
She adds that the fight is far from over and will turn to a state level, especially after President Biden tried to rewrite Title IX and change the definition of “sex” to include “gender identity.” Despite courtroom wins and executive orders reversing the Biden Administration’s unconstitutional changes, “we have all of the blue states who have continued to defy our federal laws. They are continuing to push this gender ideology in our schools.” For example, SLF is currently suing Letitia James and other New York officials over a guidance letter banning anyone at school board meetings from using biological pronouns or speaking in favor of keeping sports and locker rooms private.
SLF has also been leading the charge to stop other forms of woke ideology and compulsion in schools. Most recently, it won its Eighth Circuit appeal challenging a mandatory districtwide anti-racism training in Springfield, Missouri. The Eighth Circuit ruled that SLF’s clients, two educators who objected to the training, could move forward with their lawsuit because they suffered a free speech injury when forced to affirm ideas on anti-racism and white supremacy.
Solomon and Hermann also discuss SLF’s work outside of education and parental rights, including SLF’s recent request for the U.S. Office of Special Counsel to investigate the intelligence community after agencies illegally withheld and concealed communications about the Steele Dossier from SLF and the American public through FOIA requests. Although SLF is still waiting to hear from the Office of Special Counsel, it is monitoring the issue closely because “we are not going to back down until we get the full truth exposed and we hold the bad actors accountable.”
Listen to the full interview at Spotify.com.