Date: January 15, 2026
Host: Jim Schneider
Guest: Mat Staver
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Mat Staver is founder & Chairman of Liberty Counsel. Mat is a constitutional attorney with three landmark cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. He’s an author and the host of the radio broadcasts Faith & Freedom and Freedom’s Call and the TV broadcast, Freedom Alive.
On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two consolidated landmark cases: Little v. Hecox and West Virginia v. B.P.J. These cases determine whether Idaho and West Virginia can ban gender confused males from participating in female sports. The decision will likely have significant implications across America since at least 27 states have similar laws protecting women and girls.
Little v. Hecox involves an Idaho law from 2020 called the Fairness in Women’s Sports Act. West Virginia v. B.P.J. involves West Virginia’s 2021 Save Women’s Sports Act. As Mat noted, both of these, “…protect the safety and opportunities of female athletes by barring biological males from female competitive sport teams at public schools and universities.”
A common thread in these cases is Title IX, which Mat said was, “…to protect and provide opportunities for women in sports.” However, when Title IX was established as federal law in 1972, was it based on sex or gender identity? This question is fundamental to the debate as you’ll see as Jim provided audio from Justices Samuel Alito, Katanji Brown Jackson and Amy Coney Barrett, along with a tense exchange between Senator Josh Hawley and Dr. Nisha Verma who is an OB/GYN.
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