The Supreme Court threw out appellate rulings in favor of transgender people in four states, ordering judges to reexamine the cases in the wake of the justices' decision to uphold a Tennessee ban on certain medical treatment for trans youths. The four cases come from Idaho, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and West Virginia.

The justices ordered the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia, to review its decision that West Virginia’s and North Carolina’s refusal to cover certain health care for transgender people with government-sponsored insurance is discriminatory.

Transgender rights advocates are holding out hope that the conservative majority’s ruling last week upholding the Tennessee law is limited and they can still eke out victories a