The U.S. Department of Education set August 1 as the day Biden’s radical rewrite of Title IX would take effect. States wasted no time in filing lawsuits against the Biden Title IX Rule that redefines discrimination based on sex to mean “gender identity,” instead of the reality of being male and female. Courts and Congress have acted just as quickly.
To date, ten federal courts have issued orders to block Biden’s illegitimate mandates until cases can be argued further in court. Decisions have put the Rule on hold in all 26 states filing lawsuits*, a Texas school district (with the possibility of extending nationwide), and hundreds of schools at the K-12 and college levels in these states and others attended by members (or their children) of three plaintiff organizations: Moms for Liberty, Young America’s Foundation, and Female Athletes United.
On Capitol Hill, the Congressional Review Act gives Congress the authority to review a final regulation to determine if it is consistent (or not) with the intent of the law Congress passed. With CWA’s help and advocacy, the U.S. House added its stamp of disapproval by successfully passing a joint resolution rejecting the Biden Title IX rewrite as a violation of the Administrative Procedures Act.
From Day One, the Biden-Harris agenda has always been to advance their political and policy preferences advancing gender ideology. Judges’ orders blocking enforcement of the final rule are unanimous in scolding the Biden-Harris Administration for executive overreach mandating new rules that effectively overturn the intent of Title IX to ensure female students and athletes have the same opportunities as their male counterparts.
This strong consensus in the lower courts is a resounding renunciation of a trans-activist agenda to redefine the plain meaning of sex in federal law. It is good news and a vindication of the specific objections CWA made in thousands of comments opposing the Biden Title IX Rule.
But the Biden-Harris agenda is not going down without a fight. In the face of defeat, Biden’s Solicitor General has appealed to the Supreme Court asking it to uphold provisions of the new regulation that it claims are not contested by the lawsuits. This is a desperate attempt to limit the damage of judicial repudiation in the lower courts.
Pray that legal challenges to the Title IX Rule will serve to reestablish the immutable truth of God and His creation in our culture.
*Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wyoming