The Supreme Court voted Friday against the Biden Administration emergency request to enforce a new interpretation of Title IX, to include protections from discrimination for transgender students. The ruling puts the entire Biden plan on hold temporarily.
The Biden rule, which went into effect Aug. 1, permitted boys and men in to use bathrooms designed and designated for women in schools and colleges. The Biden interpretation extended to locker rooms and school dormitories in 10 states, where there are now state-level and local-level rules in place to prevent it. Some legal scholars said it opened the door for allowing boys to compete in girls’ divisions in sport.s
The Biden Administration rewrote Title IX to say that the meaning of “sex” includes the meaning of gender identity.
The vote was 5-4, with Justice Sonia Sotomayor dissenting, joined by Justices Elena Kagan, Neil Gorsuch, and Ketanji Brown Jackson.
“Not all Supreme Court justices know what a woman is, but today enough did, and that’s a win worth celebrating.This is a win for women, free speech, the rule of law, and common sense. Onward!” said women’s advocate Riley Gaines.
This should have been a 9-0 decision, but it proves that Gorsuch and the SC is compromised, which is frightening.
Buckling to pressure? Yes