(DailyAnswer.org) – The US Supreme Court decided to temporarily block a Biden administration-backed policy that would alter federal discrimination law allowing males to use female-only locker rooms and bathrooms, compete against females in athletic events, and “socially transition” in public schools with cooperation from staff and students or risk facing litigation.
All nine Supreme Court justices ruled on Saturday, Aug. 17, to temporarily block legislation that would rewrite discrimination law across the country after 26 states challenged the rewrite.
The rewrite would change the regulation on schools that makes an institution’s refusal to cooperate with students who identify as “transgender” by allowing them to use facilities of their choice and to be referred to by specific pronouns would be considered discrimination under Title IX. The change also permits private firms to file lawsuits against any educational institution where students and staff will not acknowledge girls as boys and boys as girls if they identify as such. In other words, if a school refuses to allow boys to participate in girls’ sports teams or to enter female facilities, they could face litigation.
Heritage Foundation legal experts Sarah Parshall Perry and Edwin Meese III, legal experts for the Heritage Foundation, published a statement about the recent decision and said the Title IX changes were “dangerous and illegal.” They said the temporary block from the Supreme Court is an occasion for “celebration” across grade levels, especially “for female students” in the 26 states that have passed legislation to protect same-sex exclusive spaces and sports.
After multiple Attorneys General sued the Biden administration to stop the Title IX changes, which went against existing laws in 26 states, the Justice Department pushed back and objected to the case. The Supreme Court decision will pause the federal changes to Title IX from becoming the law of the land until more deliberations are complete. Four justices tried to pass particular elements of the rewrite that seemed less controversial, but the majority overruled them.
President Joe Biden and the Democratic Party in general have been huge advocates for so-called “gender-affirming care,” including for minors. Passing these policies off as caring and compassionate, an increasing number of Americans are beginning to see through it and question the ethical foundations of “transitioning” confused children. Meanwhile, former President Donald Trump’s platform is strongly opposing these practices, and it will surely be a deciding issue for many voters in November.
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