Biden-Harris Administration Suffers Brutal Defeat In Federal Court

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Biden-Harris Administration Suffers Brutal Defeat In Federal Court

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By Chris Powell
January 9, 2025

On Thursday, a federal district court in Kentucky delivered a significant blow to the Biden administration’s controversial attempt to expand Title IX protections to include gender identity. On April 29, the administration proposed new rules requiring schools to disregard biological distinctions between men and women, sparking legal challenges from several states, women’s groups, athletic associations, and school boards. Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) attorneys joined the states of Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, Indiana, and West Virginia in a lawsuit that led to a federal district court ruling in Kentucky blocking the rule.

The court sided with the plaintiff states, declaring the Department of Education’s reinterpretation of the 1972 law unconstitutional and beyond the agency’s authority. The case, State of Tennessee v. Cardona, challenged a sweeping Final Rule issued by the Department of Education that sought to redefine “sex” under Title IX to include “gender identity,” along with sexual orientation and other classifications. The court declared the administration’s action an overreach, stating that “discrimination on the basis of sex means discrimination on the basis of being a male or female,” and that redefining “sex” to include “gender identity” “turns Title IX on its head.”

ADF’s client, a 15-year-old female track-and-field athlete from West Virginia, was forced to compete against a male athlete who displaced her from championship opportunities, gained access to the girls’ locker room, and directed vulgar comments toward her. Judge Danny C. Reeves, who presided over the case, ruled decisively in favor of the states, calling the new regulations an unlawful overreach. “Because the Final Rule and its corresponding regulations exceed the Department’s authority under Title IX, violate the Constitution, and are the result of arbitrary and capricious agency action, the plaintiffs’ motions for summary judgment will be granted and the Department’s motion for summary judgment will be denied,” Judge Reeves stated in the ruling.

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[PeteS in CA]

It's "just" a District Court, but there will be a new "Sheriff" in DC in about 11 days.