Posted on 02/21/2017 12:53:33 PM PST by drewh
Justice Department officials plan to issue new guidance on protections for transgender students that will effectively reverse Obama-era recommendations and ensure those issues are decided at the state level going forward.
"That's an issue that the Department of Justice the Department of Education are addressing, and I think there will be further guidance coming from [Justice Department] in particular, with respect to not just the executive order but the case that's in front of the Supreme Court," White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Tuesday.
The Supreme Court is slated to hear oral arguments late next month on a case involving a transgender teen from Virginia who sued the local school board for the right to use the men's bathroom on campus despite being born a female. The debate over transgender "bathroom bills" gained increasing attention late last year after the Obama administration sent guidance to public schools saying they should allow transgender students to use whichever bathroom matches their gender identity.
"The president has maintained for a long time that this is a state's right issue and not one for the federal government," Spicer said when asked for Trump's position on the hot-button issue. "So while there will be further guidance coming out this, I think that all you need to do is look at what the president's view has been for a long time."
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The Trump administration decided last week not to mount a legal challenge against a nationwide injunction that has blocked schools from letting transgender students use bathrooms that do not correspond with their biological sex.
During the campaign, Trump himself called the controversial North Carolina bathroom bill "very strong" and suggested he would allow transgender individuals to use either restroom while visiting his skyscraper on Fifth Avenue.
**reverse Obama-era recommendations and ensure those issues are decided at the state level going forward.**
Which is exactly what he promised to do.
guess the NFL won’t be playing in DC....
Winning.
State issue...
And while Trump is at it he should be turning so much more over to the states- starting with education. Time to eliminate the NEA.
Boom. I agree!!! Will never be another Prez like the Donald.
It’s not even a state issue unless it is codified into the state constitution.
It is actually a LOCAL issue! Let each community and school district decide for themselves.
I think that alone would reduce Soros' power significantly.
Guess all the pro sports leagues will have to leave the USA!
add the liberal NCAA tournament, and bowl games too while they are at it!
Those issues are decided at the state level going forward...
Very good
guess we will all have to get by with NASCAR!
Jenner tried to trap Trump at Trump Tower. Trump simply ignored the whacko.
YES!!
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