India, July 1 -- A divided US Supreme Court upheld state laws that ban transgender girls and women from competing for their schools on female athletic teams, siding with conservatives and President Donald Trump on a divisive culture war issue. The high court on Tuesday rejected contentions that the measures violate the Constitution and a federal civil rights law by discriminating against transgender athletes. The court's three liberals dissented on key parts of the ruling. The Constitution and Title IX "do not require an overhaul of women's and girls' sports throughout America," Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote for the majority, adding that the law "cannot plausibly be interpreted to refer to anything other than biological sex" and "not gender identity." P9...