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- The Supreme Court allowed a transgender girl to continue playing on her school's girls track team.
- Two conservative justices, Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas, dissented.
- The case is still being litigated in the lower federal courts.
A majority of the Supreme Court on Thursday allowed a transgender girl to continue participating on her middle school's girls' track team as a legal case challenging a state ban plays out. Yet two conservative justices — Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas — dissented from the decision, suggesting the court may soon wade into the Republican-led culture war over trans athletes.