{"id":2266259,"date":"2024-06-12T17:23:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T21:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administrations-dangerous-title-ix-rewrite-struck-down-by-texas-court\/"},"modified":"2024-06-12T17:28:13","modified_gmt":"2024-06-12T21:28:13","slug":"biden-administrations-dangerous-title-ix-rewrite-struck-down-by-texas-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administrations-dangerous-title-ix-rewrite-struck-down-by-texas-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Court Overturns Biden Administration&#8217;s Controversial Title IX Rewrite"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-administrations-dangerous-title-ix-rewrite-struck-down-by-texas-court%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2266259&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A U.S. district court\u200b in Texas has blocked the Biden administration&#8217;s reinterpretation of \u2062Title IX rules, intended to address \u200ctransgender rights \u200bin \u200dpublic schools. The \u200cruling, a result of a legal \u200dchallenge led by \u2063Texas Attorney General Ken Paxhton, stated that the changes would require schools\u200b and universities in Texas to \u200dallow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/did-norway-just-criminalize-misgendering-a-trans-person-even-in-private-homes\/\" title=\"Did Norway Just Criminalize \u2018Misgendering\u2019 a Trans Person, Even in Private Homes?\">transgender individuals<\/a>\u2064 to use \u2062facilities corresponding to their \u200cgender identity, which Paxton argued violated state law and endangered women&#8217;s safety. Judge Reed O\u2019Connor\u2019s opinion criticized the administration for bypassing proper legislative procedure, \u2063effectively rewriting Title IX unilaterally and overstepping\u200d congressional authority. The order\u200d declared the \u2062administration&#8217;s new rules void from\u200b inception due to procedural and substantive flaws, calling them unsalvageable and\u200d a deviation from the traditional \u2063understanding of Title IX.\u2063 The court&#8217;s decision reinstates the previous interpretation of Title IX, focusing on biological sex rather than gender identity.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure>                         <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A U.S. district court in Texas blocked the Biden administration\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.ed.gov\/about\/offices\/list\/ocr\/docs\/202106-titleix-noi.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">illegal rewrite<\/a> of Title IX rules to <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/04\/19\/biden-admins-title-ix-rewrite-obliterates-female-spaces-free-speech-and-due-process\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">implement radical transgender ideology<\/a> in public schools, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texasattorneygeneral.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/press\/Title%20IX%20Guidance%20Injunction%20Order.pdf\">a court order<\/a> released Tuesday. The ruling is <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KenPaxtonTX\/status\/1800616571104059783\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a victory<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texasattorneygeneral.gov\/about-office\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Texas Attorney General<\/a> Ken Paxton, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texasattorneygeneral.gov\/news\/releases\/attorney-general-ken-paxton-secures-major-win-blocking-biden-administrations-attempt-force\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">who argued<\/a> the rules would have \u201cforced Texas schools and universities to allow biological males to use women\u2019s restrooms, locker rooms, and other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/there-is-one-pro-women-camp-in-american-politics-and-its-the-right\/\" title=\"There Is One Pro-Women Camp In American Politics, And It\u2019s The Right\">sex-specific spaces<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJoe Biden\u2019s unlawful effort to weaponize Title IX for his extremist agenda has been stopped in its tracks,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texasattorneygeneral.gov\/news\/releases\/attorney-general-ken-paxton-secures-major-win-blocking-biden-administrations-attempt-force\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said Paxton<\/a>. \u201cThreatening to withhold education funding by forcing states to accept \u2018transgender\u2019 policies that put women in danger was plainly illegal. Texas has prevailed on behalf of the entire Nation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texasattorneygeneral.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/press\/Title%20IX%20Guidance%20Injunction%20Order.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">court\u2019s opinion<\/a>, authored by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.txnd.uscourts.gov\/judge\/district-judge-reed-oconnor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">District Judge Reed O\u2019Connor<\/a>, held that the Biden administration abandoned proper procedure by attempting to \u201cfunctionally rewrite Title IX in a way that shockingly transforms American education and usurps a major question from Congress.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is not how our democratic system functions,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texasattorneygeneral.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/press\/Title%20IX%20Guidance%20Injunction%20Order.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">O\u2019Connor added<\/a> in an important reminder to the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<p>The court order also found that the Biden administration had placed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-carolina-education-group-launches-schoolhouse-shock-program-to-document-extremism-in-the-classroom\/\" title=\"North Carolina Education Group Launches \u2018Schoolhouse Shock\u2019 Program To Document Extremism In The Classroom\">public school officials<\/a> in a catch-22 because complying with the new rules would violate Texas state law. <\/p>\n<p>The court dismissed the rules as \u201cvoid ab initio,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/content.next.westlaw.com\/Glossary\/PracticalLaw\/I41334c8d07ef11ebbea4f0dc9fb69570?transitionType=Default&#038;contextData=(sc.Default)&#038;firstPage=true#:~:text=Having%20no%20legal%20effect%20from,never%20had%20any%20legal%20effect.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">meaning<\/a> they were invalid from the beginning because of the Biden administration\u2019s overreach. In some instances, invalid administrative rules may be sent back to agencies for revisions, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texasattorneygeneral.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/press\/Title%20IX%20Guidance%20Injunction%20Order.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the court found<\/a> the Biden administration\u2019s actions had such \u201csevere deficiencies\u201d that they were beyond salvage. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cRather than promote the equal opportunity, dignity, and respect that Title IX demands for both biological sexes, [the Biden administration\u2019s] Guidance Documents do the opposite in an effort to advance an agenda wholly divorced from the text, structure, and contemporary context of Title IX,\u201d reads the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texasattorneygeneral.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/press\/Title%20IX%20Guidance%20Injunction%20Order.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">court opinion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The court opted to vacate the rules and restore the existing status quo for Title IX, which does not include <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/04\/19\/biden-admins-title-ix-rewrite-obliterates-female-spaces-free-speech-and-due-process\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">radical transgender ideology<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The order follows the Texas attorney general\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texasattorneygeneral.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/press\/2023\/docs\/filed%20Title%20IX%20complaint.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lawsuit against<\/a> the Biden administration in June 2023.\u00a0The suit sought to block the Biden administration\u2019s extensive transgender ideology guidance issued to the Department of Education.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit accused the administration of seeking to \u201cradically transform educational institutions\u201d with its Title IX rewrite. \u201cEquating \u2018sex\u2019 with \u2018gender identity\u2019 or \u2018transgender status\u2019 for purposes of Title IX, would, at the very least, generally impact living facilities, locker rooms, and showers, in addition to bathrooms, at schools across the country \u2014 affecting students in kindergarten through the post-graduate level,\u201d explained <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texasattorneygeneral.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/press\/2023\/docs\/filed%20Title%20IX%20complaint.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the lawsuit<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.ed.gov\/about\/offices\/list\/ocr\/docs\/202106-titleix-noi.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rules<\/a> would have directed schools to expand sex-based discrimination protections to \u201csexual orientation\u201d and \u201cgender identity.\u201d This included investigations and the loss of federal funds for schools that restrict sex-protected spaces and activities, such as bathrooms and sports teams, to biological females. The Biden administration <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.ed.gov\/about\/offices\/list\/ocr\/docs\/202106-titleix-noi.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">refers to this<\/a> as \u201csex stereotyping.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Monroe Harless is a summer intern at The Federalist. She is a recent graduate of the University of Georgia with degrees in journalism and political science.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Texas U.S. district court halted the Biden administration&#8217;s revision of Title IX rules, which aimed to incorporate transgender policies in public schools, as per a Tuesday court order. This ruling marks a win for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who contended that the rules would compel Texas educational institutions to permit<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3175,"featured_media":2266260,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/14143338033_90e0722c49_k.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2266259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/14143338033_90e0722c49_k.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2266259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3175"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2266259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2266259\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2266260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2266259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2266259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2266259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}