A federal judge in Kentucky vacated the regulations, which bolstered the rights of victims of sexual misconduct and LGBTQ+ students.
A federal district court judge in Kentucky has struck down President Joe Biden’s effort to protect transgender students and make other changes to Title IX, ruling the U.S. Department of Education violated teachers’ rights by requiring them to use transgender students’ names and pronouns.
President Joe Biden’s attempt to rewrite Title IX to include gender identity was officially blocked by a federal court Thursday.
The ruling: Eastern District of Kentucky Court Chief Judge Danny Reeves in an order Thursday said the regulation on Title IX, the federal law that bars sex-based discrimination, is unlawful. He said the rule is “arbitrary and capricious” and violates the spending clause and the First Amendment, among other issues.
The court’s decision to strike down the rule is being hailed as a major victory by opponents of the regulation.
A Kentucky federal judge has struck down President Joe Biden’s Title IX guidelines prohibiting discrimination against transgender students.
President Joe Biden began his term in the White House with a broad promise to protect transgender Americans against Republican policies that painted them as a threat to children and
The Biden administration’s Title IX rules expanding protections for LGBTQ+ students have been struck down nationwide.
A federal judge in Kentucky vacated the regulations, which bolstered the rights of victims of sexual misconduct and LGBTQ+ students.
As a result, children’s privacy is restored, and states are safeguarded from the federal government’s egregious, illegal overreach.”
The second Trump administration is poised to unwind President Joe Biden’s controversial Title IX regulations that expanded the definition of sex to include gender identity and sexual orientation. With Linda McMahon tapped by President-elect Donald Trump for education secretary,