CV NEWS FEED // A Louisiana-based federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked the enforcement of President Joe Biden’s pro-LGBTQ rewrite of Title IX in the states of Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, and Idaho.
In his ruling, U.S. District Court Judge Terry Doughty called the Biden administration’s changes to the 52-year-old civil rights law a “threat to democracy” and “abuse of power.”
Critics have widely blasted the rewrite as an attempt to undermine women’s and girl’s sports.
“This case demonstrates the abuse of power by executive federal agencies in the rulemaking process,” wrote the judge in his Thursday ruling. “The separation of powers and system of checks and balances exist in this country for a reason.”
FOX News reported:
Doughty ruled that the changes were inadmissible because the term “gender discrimination” as used in the establishment of Title IX “only included discrimination against biological males and females at the time of enactment.”
Doughty ruled that the changes were inadmissible because the term “gender discrimination” as used in the establishment of Title IX “only included discrimination against biological males and females at the time of enactment.”
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The Associated Press (AP) noted that “[t]he Louisiana case is among at least seven backed by more than 20 Republican-led states fighting Biden’s rule.”
The Department of Education announced the rewrite back in April.
Following Doughty’s ruling, the Department “defended the rule and said it’s reviewing the judge’s order,” the AP noted.
Former President Donald Trump appointed Doughty to the federal bench in 2018.
Swimmer-turned-women’s sports advocate Riley Gaines hailed the ruling on X (formerly Twitter): “The tides are turning.”
“I don’t think we would have seen this same ruling 2 years ago,” she noted.
CatholicVote reported in April that the controversial Department of Education rule change
explains that it will “[d]efine ‘sex-based harassment’ as a form of sex discrimination that includes sexual harassment and harassment based on sex stereotypes, sex characteristics, pregnancy or related conditions, sexual orientation, or gender identity.”
CatholicVote Director of Governmental Affairs Tom McClusky stated that under the new rule, “the Biden administration continues its war on women and girls.”
“They can no longer feel safe in bathrooms, locker rooms or even ‘women’s’ shelters,” McClusky said.
Readers can find CatholicVote’s reporting on the various lawsuits challenging the Biden administration’s Title IX changes below:
Louisiana School Board Sues Biden Administration Over Pro-LGBTQ Title IX Changes
Florida, Other Red States, Women’s Groups Sue Biden Admin Over Pro-LGBTQ Title IX Changes
Two State Superintendents Instruct Schools to Ignore Biden’s ‘Unconstitutional’ Title IX Changes
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