South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson said Tuesday that he’s “guardedly optimistic” the Supreme Court will allow his state to enforce its law barring transgender public-school students from spaces that align with their gender identity.

“This is a very common-sensical bill that the South Carolina General Assembly passed and the governor signed into law several months ago that basically says schools receiving taxpayer-funded dollars here in South Carolina must enforce a rule that only biological males can go into spaces where other biological males are, and the same is true with biological females,” Wilson told Newsmax’s “National Report.” “It doesn’t go by based on what you identify with, but what you biologically are. This is about promoting public safety for our students here in South Carolina and also supporting and protecting privacy rights of our students.

“Why are 99.8% of all students bending the knee to the 0.2% of the students who have that affliction of gender dysphoria?” he asked. “This is about promoting and protecting safety in South Carolina schools, and that is why we are going to the U.S. Supreme Court.”

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