The state’s attorney general had said such intervention by the justices would be unprecedented.

Trans athlete Soren Stark-Chessa finished first in the 1600-meter race at a recent track meet in Maine. Republican state representative Laurel Libby complained about Stark-Chessa’s win on a Fox News appearance, saying that trans athletes are “pushing many, many of our young women out of the way in their ascent to the podium”.

"I feel like a happy day was turned ugly by a bully who is using children to make political points," the cis student wrote.