The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the Trump administration to enforce, for now, its passport policy requiring sex to match "biological sex at birth" and ending the "X" marker. In a 6-3 split, the court froze a lower court injunction and said the government is likely to prevail, citing foreign affairs implications. An unsigned opinion likened listing sex at birth to recording country of birth. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, joined by Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan, dissented, warning of palpable harms to transgender Americans while litigation continues.

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