Biden Extends Losing Streak as Third Judge Blocks Rule Adding ‘Gender Identity’ to Title IX

A federal judge in Kansas temporarily blocked the Department of Education’s Title IX rewrite in four states, marking the third straight court loss by the administration as it struggles to defend its final rule adding “gender identity” to the landmark act against sex discrimination in education.

U.S. District Judge John Broomes granted a preliminary injunction Tuesday prohibiting the department from enforcing the policy, which was slated to take effect Aug. 1, in four states: Kansas, Alaska, Utah and Wyoming.

Not only that, but the order covers “every school attended by the members of Young America’s Foundation and the children of Moms for Liberty members,” who brought the lawsuit along with the four states and Female Athletes United.

Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach cheered the decision, saying that his office has had many court victories, “but to me, this is the biggest one yet.”

“It protects girls and women across the country from having their privacy rights and safety violated in bathrooms and locker rooms and from having their freedom of speech violated if they say there are only two sexes,” the Republican official in a statement. (Read more from “Biden Extends Losing Streak as Third Judge Blocks Rule Adding ‘Gender Identity’ to Title IX” HERE)

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