President Biden’s plan to alter Title IX to include mandatory gender identity protections has been blocked by a federal judge who’s calling it an “abuse of power.”
U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty granted a preliminary injunction on Thursday, adding that Biden’s planned changes are a “threat to democracy.”
“This case demonstrates the abuse of power by executive federal agencies in the rulemaking process,” Doughty said in his ruling. “The separation of powers and system of checks and balances exist in this country for a reason.”
From Fox News:
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.”
The ruling blocks implementation of the changes in Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana and Idaho.
Title IX is a longstanding civil rights law prohibiting sex-based discrimination in schools and other education centers that receive federal funding.
Under the administration’s new rules, sex discrimination would include discrimination based on gender identity as well as sexual orientation.
The latest update, from April, expands the definition of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity – a move that critics say would undermine hard-won protections for women and girls.
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