Posted on 01/09/2025 2:17:01 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
The judge found the rule change went beyond Title IX, which is aimed at preventing discrimination on the basis of sex.
A federal judge on Jan. 9 scrapped the Education Department’s attempt to expand Title IX protections to people who identify as transgender, finding that the 2024 rule is illegal.
Title IX forbids discrimination on the basis of sex. It applies to schools that receive federal funding.
The Department of Education (DOE), in its rule, made it illegal to discriminate on the basis of gender identity and sexual orientation.
States sued, and a judge blocked the rule while the legal case proceeded. That judge, U.S. District Judge Danny C. Reeves, struck down the rule in the new decision.
The rule is arbitrary and capricious, in violation of federal law, because the DOE failed to account for the “glaring inconsistencies” it creates, including how it would prohibit schools from separating sexes in facilities such as bathrooms and showers, the judge wrote in a 15-page ruling.
“The entire point of Title IX is to prevent discrimination based on sex—throwing gender identity into the mix eviscerates the statute and renders it largely meaningless,” he said.
Reeves declined a proposal by federal officials to allow portions of the rule to take effect, concluding that the entire rule was invalid.
“Although the Court has discretion to craft a different remedy, there is no reason to do so here,” he said, adding later, “The seriousness of the error weighs heavily in favor of vacating the Final Rule, as it is unlawful on numerous fronts.”
The ruling came in a case brought by six states: Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.
“This is a huge win for Tennessee, for common sense, and for women and girls across America,” Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti...
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Trumpean goodness. Every day lately.
Finally some sanity.
Excellent outcome.
But keep in mind that there are 677 federal district judges and more than 500 more on senior status. We can expect to see them overturning Trump executive actions and laws passed by the new Congress left and right, and not just in their own districts by nationwide. And when they do, it will take months or longer to get things back on track, if we are able to. Judges have become too powerful. Trump / Bondi should immediately propose changes to the Judiciary Act reducing the ability of district court judges to issue nationwide injunctions.
Corrected.
My expectation is that TPTB in college sports will ignore the ruling.
Praise God. The prayers worked, but don’t let your guard down. Keep praying. Satan is not going to stop until he’s thrown into the lake of fire.
Can’t the US Supreme Court rule on it’s own that purported “nationwide” injunctions by a single Federal judge are not binding outside that judge’s district?
This is a good start but I doubt we’ve heard the end of this as an appeal is likely.
I don’t know. Would be nice.
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