South Carolina asks Supreme Court to enforce trans bathroom ban

(CNN)– South Carolina has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to let the state enforce its bathroom ban.

The emergency request seeks to overturn a federal appeals court decision that happened earlier this month.

It barred a school district from enforcing the ban against a transgender boy who was suspended from school for using the boy’s bathroom.

The Supreme Court is likely to decide within a few weeks whether to grant South Carolina’s request, or let the lower court’s decision stand.