Biden Administration’s Title IX Rewrite Scrapped Nationwide By Federal Judge

A federal judge in Kentucky on Thursday struck down the Biden administration’s attempt to rewrite Title IX rules to define sex by ‘gender identity.’

“The U.S. District Court Eastern District of Kentucky Northern Division made the ruling in Cardona v. Tennessee on Thursday,” Fox News noted.

The ruling struck down the change nationwide.

“Tennessee has successfully defended Title IX, and the country, from the Biden Admin’s radical and unlawful rewrite!” Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti said.

“The court’s ruling is yet another repudiation of the Biden administration’s relentless push to impose a radical gender ideology through unconstitutional and illegal rulemaking,” he said.

Tennessee has successfully defended Title IX, and the country, from the Biden Admin’s radical and unlawful rewrite!

“The court’s ruling is yet another repudiation of the Biden administration’s relentless push to impose a radical gender ideology through unconstitutional and… pic.twitter.com/AYCoKVIFye

— TN Attorney General (@AGTennessee) January 9, 2025

“This is a huge win for Tennessee, for common sense, and for women and girls across America,” Skrmetti said in a press release.

“Because the Biden rule is vacated altogether, President Trump will be free to take a fresh look at our Title IX regulations when he returns to office next week,” he added.

Fox News reports:

The ruling came months after the Supreme Court rejected the Biden administration’s emergency request to enforce portions of a new rule that would have included protections from discrimination for transgender students under Title IX.

The sweeping rule was issued in April and clarified that Title IX’s ban on “sex” discrimination in schools covers discrimination based on gender identity, sexual orientation and “pregnancy or related conditions.”

The rule took effect Aug. 1, and, for the first time, the law stated that discrimination based on sex includes conduct related to a person’s gender identity.

It led to more than two dozen attorneys general suing over the rule, arguing it would conflict with some of their state laws that block transgender students from participating in women’s sports.

“When Title IX is viewed in its entirety, it is abundantly clear that discrimination on the basis of sex means discrimination on the basis of being a male or female,” the court’s opinion read. “As this Court and others have explained, expanding the meaning of ‘on the basis of sex’ to include ‘gender identity’ turns Title IX on its head.

Huge win for girls and women everywhere!!!

This morning, a federal court ruled in favor of reality. Biden’s Title IX rewrite has been vacated nationwide.

Common sense is slowly returning. Thank you, @AGTennessee! pic.twitter.com/hD9GZu2CMC

— Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) January 9, 2025

This is Judge Danny C. Reeves of the United States District Court from the Eastern District of Kentucky.

He just struck down Biden’s unconstitutional Title IX rewrite.

Thank you honorable judge.

This is a massive win for the protection women and girls. pic.twitter.com/0PIPbZrS4Q

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) January 9, 2025

From the Associated Press:

The Biden administration’s Title IX rules expanding protections for LGBTQ+ students have been struck down nationwide after a federal judge in Kentucky found they overstepped the president’s authority.

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In a decision issued Thursday, U.S. District Judge Danny C. Reeves scrapped the entire 1,500-page regulation after deciding it was “fatally” tainted by legal shortcomings. The rule had already been halted in 26 states after a wave of legal challenges by Republican states.

President-elect Donald Trump previously promised to end the rules “on day one” and made anti-transgender themes a centerpiece of his campaign.

The decision came in response to a lawsuit filed by Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Virginia and West Virginia.

In a statement, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti called it a “victory for the protection of girls’ privacy in locker rooms and showers, and for the freedom to speak biologically-accurate pronouns.”

Read the full ruling HERE.

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