Trump-appointed judge blocks Biden administration’s Title IX protections for transgender students
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(Worthy News) – A federal judge halted the Education Department’s Title IX guidance, which ensures protections against discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation.
Charles Atchley, a Trump-appointed judge in the Eastern District of Tennessee, ruled on Friday that the measures infringe on states’ rights, siding with the argument led by a coalition of more than 20 GOP attorneys general.
The attorneys general, led by Tennessee’s Herbert Slatery, said they risked losing federal funding over their restrictions in place, and that rules to force schools to use transgender students’ pronouns violated the First Amendment. [ Source: Washington Times (Read More…) ]
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