Subject: BREAKING NEWS: Supreme Court blocks ruling that allowed transgender Virginia student to use boys' bathroom
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Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2016 14:54:55 -0600

The Supreme Court has put on hold a groundbreaking court ruling requiring a Virginia school district to accommodate a transgender high school student's request to use the boys' bathroom.

The justices split, 5-3, on the issue, with Democratic-appointed Justice Stephen Breyer joining with the court's four GOP appointees to lift-for now-the obligation of the Gloucester County school system to allow student Gavin Grimm to use the bathroom of his choice in accordance with Obama Administration guidance.

Breyer said he was agreeing to the stay as a "courtesy" because the court is in recess and putting the ruling on hold "will preserve the status quo." The three other Democratic appointees opposed the stay.

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