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In a federal lawsuit on Friday, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee enjoined the U.S. Department of Education and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from enforcing new, expansive, and unlawful guidance on federal antidiscrimination laws. The now-enjoined guidance attempted to force schools to allow biological males to compete on girls’ sports teams, to prohibit sex-separated showers and locker rooms, and to compel individuals to use biologically inaccurate preferred pronouns. Mississippi was one of 19 states challenging the federal rules.
“Title IX has made a tremendous difference in leveling the playing field for girls’ sports,” said Attorney General Lynn Fitch. “The Biden Administration should not be so dismissive of the important impact it makes in the lives of young student-athletes.”
As the court wrote Friday, “in applying Bostock to Title IX, the Department overlooked the caveats expressly recognized by the Supreme Court and created new law.”
The following states were party to the challenge: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, and West Virginia.
To read the District Court’s ruling, click here.
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