(Jan. 10, 2025): The New York Times covers the landmark ruling by a Kentucky federal court vacating the Biden Administration’s Title IX re-write, effectively striking down the rule as unconstitutional. The Department of Education expanded the definition of “sex” under Title IX from male or female to include gender identity and sexual orientation. The federal court ruled that doing so violated the First Amendment rights of teachers and students by compelling them to use classmates’ “preferred pronouns” and by deterring them from expressing views about basic biological differences between sexes.
The case, Tennessee v. Cardona, was one of several lawsuits challenging the unconstitutional Biden-era rule. Southeastern Legal Foundation (SLF) represents Moms for Liberty and Young America’s Foundation in a similar challenge, which is still before a federal court in Kansas.
SLF Executive Director Kimberly Hermann stated to the Times, ““The court here made it very clear that, at least in the context of Title IX, ‘sex’ means male or female, and there’s no room for debate in that.” The Department of Education tried to “give themselves power to change the definition of sex in the context of Title IX, and the court today called them on it.”
Read the full article at NYTimes.com.