The Biden administration’s new Title IX rule, which expands protections for LGBTQ students, has been blocked in six more states by a federal judge as the policy has come under attack by Republican attorneys general.
Biden’s Title IX rule protecting rights of LGBTQ students was blocked by a judge in six more states. US District Judge Danny Reeves in Kentucky rejected Biden’s contention that a 2020 Supreme Court ruling protecting LGBTQ employees extends to students. https://t.co/WxxtTb7Cjs
— Erik Larson (@eelarson) June 17, 2024
From AP News:
U.S. District Judge Danny C. Reeves referred to the regulation as “arbitrary in the truest sense of the word” in granting a preliminary injunction blocking it in Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.
His ruling comes days after a different federal judge temporarily blocked the new rule from taking effect in Idaho, Louisiana, Mississippi and Montana.
The two cases are among at least seven backed by more than 20 Republican-led states fighting President Joe Biden’s rule.
Set to take hold in August, the policy expands Title IX civil rights protections to LGBTQ+ students, expands the definition of sexual harassment at schools and colleges, and adds safeguards for victims.
Read the full report here.
Utah aims to block federal Title IX protections for transgender students in special legislative session https://t.co/8RAGi8xEUw
— The Salt Lake Tribune (@sltrib) June 14, 2024
LGBTQ Title IX Protections Blocked In Six More States https://t.co/Qzs2SpJDkF pic.twitter.com/r31NiQoYEJ
— JoeMyGod (@JoeMyGod) June 17, 2024
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