(AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court seems likely to rule in favor of states that ban transgender athletes in school sports after more than three hours of arguments Tuesday in two cases over state restrictions on which teams transgender students can join. Decisions are expected by early summer.

The cases, based on laws in West Virginia and Idaho, involve transgender athletes who hoped to compete on female-designated teams at the K-12 and college level, respectively.

Though lower courts in both states blocked the bans, the outcome will likely be different at the conservative-dominated Supreme Court, which has allowed multiple restrictions on transgender people to be enforced in the past year. More than two dozen states have enacted laws barring transgender women and girls from participating in certain sports competitions.

Now, the nation’s highest court will determine whether the sports bans violate the Constitution or the landmark federal law known as Title IX that prohibits sex-based discrimination in schools.