Posted on 06/14/2024 3:29:49 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
A federal judge in Louisiana has blocked the Biden administration’s Title IX overhaul for four states, calling the rewrite a “threat to democracy” and an “abuse of power.”
U.S. District Court Judge Terry Doughty issued a preliminary injunction Thursday to the Biden administration’s new Title IX rules, which changed the definition of sex to include “gender identity,” which many critics argue will result in the shuttering of sex-specific spaces such as restrooms in schools.
“This case demonstrates the abuse of power by executive federal agencies in the rulemaking process,” Doughty wrote. “The separation of powers and system of checks and balances exist in this country for a reason.”
The judge said the phrase “gender discrimination” was limited to biological males and females when Title IX was enacted and that the expansive changes to the definition of sex sought by the Biden administration were inadmissible, writing the law “was written and intended to protect biological women from discrimination.”
He also determined that the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Bostock v. Clayton County, which expanded the definition of sex discrimination to include claims of transgender identity in Title VII employment law, does not apply to Title IX. The Biden administration has been relying on the reasoning in Bostock to expand definitions of sex across federal law, and there currently exists a split at the federal circuit court level as to whether it can apply to Title IX.
“This is a big win for women’s rights. This decision will keep young women and girls protected from dangerous situations, just as Title IX has done for decades,” Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen, a Republican, said in a statement. “In issuing the rule, President Biden abandoned scientific reality,...”
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Oops. Wrong thread.
The Regulatory Branch of government taking it on the chin again.
What’s that you say? There is no ‘Regulatory Branch’ of government?
Exactly.
Thank God for small miracles.
PDJT appointed judge.
This admin (nor did 44) respect the courts rulings.
Thank God!
Biden is a dictator.
“The Regulatory Branch of government”
aka ‘The Deep State’
Federal judge blocks Biden administration’s Title IX guidelines to protect LGBTQ+ students
Judge Reed O’Connor said the Biden administration didn’t have the authority to make the changes, which would expand anti-discrimination protections.
https://www.texastribune.org/2024/06/12/texas-title-ix-lgbtq-students/
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