The Supreme Court has blocked California from enforcing state rules that restrict when schools can notify parents about students' transgender status and require teachers to use a child's preferred pronoun. The court, on a 6-3 vote, allowed a federal judge's decision in favor of parents who oppose the policy on religious grounds to go into effect. The ruling addressed the parents' claim that their rights under the free exercise clause of the Constitution's First Amendment were likely to be successful. However, the court did not grant a similar request made by teachers who object to the policy. The state's lawyers argued that the policies are not as broad as the plaintiffs suggest and that the district judge's ruling was more sweeping than necessary.