In a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court struck down the Biden administration’s emergency request to enforce portions of a new rule under Title IX that would have permitted biological men in women’s bathrooms, locker rooms, and dorms.
“Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’ radical rewrite of Title IX has been overturned by the Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision, banning the use of federal funds to coerce schools into allowing men into women’s sports, bathrooms and locker rooms. Should have been 9-0, but big!” Charlie Kirk wrote.
BREAKING: Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’ radical rewrite of Title IX has been overturned by the Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision, banning the use of federal funds to coerce schools into allowing men into women’s sports, bathrooms and locker rooms.
Should have been 9-0, but big!
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) August 16, 2024
“Unlike Democrats, Republicans know what a woman is, and we know Title IX was written to protect the rights of women. Today, we applaud the Supreme Court keeping the lower courts’ injunction in place. For now, the Court has stopped the Biden-Harris Administration’s attempts to undermine women’s rights and allow men to compete in women’s sports,” House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said.
Unlike Democrats, Republicans know what a woman is, and we know Title IX was written to protect the rights of women. Today, we applaud the Supreme Court keeping the lower courts’ injunction in place. For now, the Court has stopped the Biden-Harris Administration’s attempts to…
— Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) August 17, 2024
CBS News reports:
The high court left intact two separate orders from federal courts in Kentucky and Louisiana, which blocked the Department of Education from enforcing the entirety of the rule across 10 states. The Justice Department had asked the Supreme Court to put part of the decisions on hold, but it declined the requests.
Four of the nine justices would have let part of the rules take effect, according to the order, but all members of the court agreed that the key disputed changes, including the new definition of “sex discrimination” to include “gender identity” and the restrictions on same-sex spaces, could remain blocked.
ADVERTISEMENT“[A]ll Members of the Court today accept that the plaintiffs were entitled to preliminary injunctive relief as to three provisions of the rule, including the central provision that newly defines sex discrimination to include discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity,” the Supreme Court said in its unsigned opinion.
The measure at issue in the disputes was announced by the Biden administration in April and expanded Title IX’s protections to LGBTQ students. The landmark 50-year-old law prohibits education entities that receive federal funds from discriminating on the basis of sex. The rule took effect Aug. 1, but only in less than half of the states. Federal judges have temporarily blocked it in 26 states as a result of legal challenges.
— The Calvin Coolidge Project (@TheCalvinCooli1) August 16, 2024
“The Supreme Court has struck down Biden’s Title IX. Proud to be leading in this fight for our women and girls,” Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey said.
The Supreme Court has struck down Biden’s Title IX.
Proud to be leading in this fight for our women and girls. https://t.co/t2WcJoTbC3
— Attorney General Andrew Bailey (@AGAndrewBailey) August 16, 2024
“Mediocre men should NEVER steal opportunities from exceptional women. SCOTUS sided with the states and blocked the Biden-Harris unconstitutional rewrite of Title IX. That’s great news for young women everywhere!” South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem commented.
Mediocre men should NEVER steal opportunities from exceptional women. SCOTUS sided with the states and blocked the Biden-Harris unconstitutional rewrite of Title IX. That’s great news for young women everywhere! pic.twitter.com/lRxA5rqG0B
— Kristi Noem (@KristiNoem) August 17, 2024
Per Fox News:
More than two dozen Republican attorneys general sued over the rule and argued it would conflict with some of their state laws that block transgender students from participating in women’s sports.
The Biden administration insisted the regulation does not address athletic eligibility. However, multiple experts presented evidence to Fox News Digital in June that Biden’s claims it would not result in biological men participating in women’s sports weren’t true and that the proposal would ultimately put more biological men in women’s sports.
ADVERTISEMENTThe court’s decision Friday struck a blow to the Biden administration’s ongoing efforts to protect transgender inclusion.
“On this limited record and in its emergency applications, the Government has not provided this Court a sufficient basis to disturb the lower courts’ interim conclusions that the three provisions found likely to be unlawful are intertwined with and affect other provisions of the rule,” the court’s unsigned order states.
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