The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the Trump administration to stop issuing passports with gender identity selections, issuing an emergency order that will stand while lower courts weigh Trump v. Orr. The policy, aimed at changing gender requirements for passport holders, had been blocked since June by a federal court. In an unsigned order, the majority said listing sex at birth is a historical fact, not unequal treatment. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented, joined by Justices Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor.

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