Staff Reports
On Monday, a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction that blocked the Biden administration from enforcing its updated Title IX regulations in six states. U.S. District Judge Danny C. Reeves granted the injunction, effectively halting the new guidelines from taking effect in Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. He said that the Biden administration’s regulations were “arbitrary in the truest sense of the word.”
🚨BREAKING: I’m pleased to announce that a court has stopped the Biden Administration's unlawful Title IX regulations from going into effect in Virginia. The Biden Administration’s latest power grab would jeopardize half a century of landmark protections for women, violate the…
— Jason Miyares (@JasonMiyaresVA) June 17, 2024
Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman asserted that the U.S. Department of Education's endeavor to redefine 'sex' to encompass 'gender identity' is illegal and exceeds the agency's authority. Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares said that the Biden Administration’s latest actions would risk protections for women, ignore the law passed by Congress, and violate the First Amendment. He celebrated the court’s decision on social media.
🚨BREAKING: I’m pleased to announce that a court has stopped the Biden Administration's unlawful Title IX regulations from going into effect in Virginia. The Biden Administration’s latest power grab would jeopardize half a century of landmark protections for women, violate the…
— Jason Miyares (@JasonMiyaresVA) June 17, 2024
This court’s decision follows another one from last week, where a federal judge temporarily blocked the Biden administration’s updated Title IX regulations from taking effect in Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, and Idaho. Townhall reported that the Biden administration rewrote Title IX as a way to advance the LGBTQ+ agenda on Americans. In a video, Miguel Cardona, Biden’s education secretary, said that the new rules strengthened protections against sex discrimination, sexual harassment, and discrimination based on pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity.
However, critics argue that these new regulations could remove protections for women by allowing men who identify as “transgender” to participate in their sports and use their facilities. This has sparked strong pushback from conservative voices who express concern about preserving essential protections for women and girls that have been in place for over 50 years.
