A Clinton-appointed judge on Wednesday issued a preliminary injunction against the Biden Education Department's newly revised Title IX rules that require schools to accommodate transgender students.
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey and several other states The first lawsuit was filed Bailey filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration in May, claiming the amendment is “unconstitutional.” In her lawsuit, she argues that the amendment would destroy the privacy protections that women and girls enjoy in bathrooms, locker rooms, shower facilities and lodging facilities.
“The State has presented evidence that issuing hundreds of pages of new regulations on August 1, just before the start of the new school year, would impose significant time and expense on the State, and that allowing confusion about the State's obligations under the regulations would only increase those burdens,” said U.S. District Judge Rodney W. Sippel, a Clinton appointee. Said “This is particularly problematic given that the new definition of sex discrimination affects each provision of the regulations that the Department is seeking to take immediate effect,” the ruling said.
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— Attorney General Andrew Bailey (@AGAndrewBailey) July 24, 2024
The Biden administration's Title IX revisions, which are set to take effect Aug. 1, outline federal protections for LGBT students and victims of sexual assault. The revisions have been expanded to include gender identity and sexual orientation. (RELATED: Biden rule to expand Title IX to transgender students blocked in four Republican states)
“This is a huge win for women and girls across the country,” Bailey said. stated In a press release, Biden said, “The Court has found that Joe Biden's plan to allow biological men to take women's places is not only clearly unlawful, but an affront to all women in America. As a father of a young daughter, I take this fight personally. My office will continue to fight to protect women and girls' right to thrive without fear of being wiped out by radical transgender ideology.”
Joining Missouri in the lawsuit were the attorneys general of Nebraska, Iowa, Arkansas, North Dakota and South Dakota, as well as Arkansas high school athletes, according to the original lawsuit.
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