Idaho's attorney general pushed for the court to review the case in hopes the court will uphold the state law, the first of its kind nationwide.

The five-year battle over Idaho’s transgender athletics ban is headed to the nation’s highest court. The U.S. Supreme Court Thursday said it will take up Idaho’s “Fairness in Women’s Sports Act,” which bans transgender athletes from participating in women’s and girls’ sports.

Idaho’s first in the nation law barring transgender girls and women from competing on sports teams that align with their gender identity is headed to the U.S. Supreme Court.