{"id":2432627,"date":"2025-05-08T19:20:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T23:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maine-asks-court-to-reject-trump-lawsuit-on-transgender-athletes-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-05-08T19:20:51","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T23:20:51","slug":"maine-asks-court-to-reject-trump-lawsuit-on-transgender-athletes-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maine-asks-court-to-reject-trump-lawsuit-on-transgender-athletes-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Maine asks court to reject Trump lawsuit on transgender athletes &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Fmaine-asks-court-to-reject-trump-lawsuit-on-transgender-athletes-washington-examiner%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=2432627&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>Maine&#8217;s attorney general has rejected a lawsuit filed by the Trump management regarding the state&#8217;s policies on transgender athletes, asserting that there is no violation of Title IX. The Department of Justice (DOJ) claims that Maine&#8217;s rules allow a transgender girl to compete in girls&#8217; sports, contradicting Trump\u2019s interpretation of Title IX, which defines &#8220;sex&#8221; based solely on biological classification. In response, maine&#8217;s attorneys denied the allegations, asserting they lack sufficient evidence. The case represents the DOJ&#8217;s first court challenge to enforce the previous administration&#8217;s stance on gender identity and could set the stage for further legal actions against other states with similar policies. A trial date has been tentatively set for December 3.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner 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bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Maine&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >attorney general denied<\/a> on Thursday that his state was in violation of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/title-ix\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Title IX<\/a> after the Trump administration sued it last month over its policy on transgender athletes.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.courtlistener.com\/docket\/69899270\/12\/united-states-v-maine-department-of-education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">response<\/a> to the federal court in Maine, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pharmacist-blamed-for-deaths-in-us-meningitis-outbreak-will-plead-no-contest-in-michigan-case-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Pharmacist blamed for deaths in US meningitis outbreak will plead no contest in Michigan case - Washington Examiner\">state attorney general&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s office said the Department of Justice&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3381753\/bondi-announces-doj-lawsuit-maine-trans-sports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">lawsuit<\/a> had no constitutional basis.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3405822\/new-york-attorney-general-letitia-james-fbi-investigation\/\">FBI investigating Letitia James over alleged mortgage fraud: Reports<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3405338\/top-chemistry-group-replaces-dei-race-based-scholarship\/\">Top DC chemistry group replaces race-excluding scholarship after lawsuit<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3405665\/kash-patel-grilled-stance-fbi-budget\/\">Patel grilled on shifting stance on FBI budget needs<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The lawsuit sets the stage for the DOJ to make its first attempt in court to enforce Trump&rsquo;s interpretation of Title IX at the state level, though Attorney General Pam Bondi warned at a press conference last month that she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3381753\/bondi-announces-doj-lawsuit-maine-trans-sports\/\">planned<\/a> to target other resistant states with similar litigation, including California and Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration had reinterpreted Title IX to include gender identity as a protected class in education-related settings, but Trump reversed this through executive orders upon taking office.<\/p>\n<p>In the Maine case, a judge on Thursday also set court deadlines and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-indicted-dates-to-know-in-former-presidents-legal-troubles\/\" title=\"Key dates in Donald Trump&#039;s legal troubles following his indictment.\">tentative trial start date<\/a> of Dec. 3.<\/p>\n<p>The DOJ alleged as part of its lawsuit that a male pole vaulter who identifies as transgender <a href=\"https:\/\/me.milesplit.com\/meets\/652275-class-b-state-meet-2025\/results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">won<\/a> a girls state competition in February 2025 and that the transgender athlete plans to continue participating in high school sports for girls in violation of Title IX.<\/p>\n<p>Maine attorneys denied all claims related to the athlete, saying the state&rsquo;s Department of Education &ldquo;is without knowledge or information sufficient to form a belief as to the truth of the allegations &hellip; and therefore denies same.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The attorneys also said they reject the claim that the phrase &ldquo;&lsquo;all girl competitors&rsquo; suggests that a transgender girl is not a &lsquo;girl competitor.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The DOJ&rsquo;s lawsuit referenced Trump&rsquo;s executive orders on gender identity, including one called &ldquo;Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government,&rdquo; which defined the term &ldquo;sex&rdquo; in Title IX to mean strictly &ldquo;an individual&rsquo;s immutable biological classification as either male or female.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3381753\/bondi-announces-doj-lawsuit-maine-trans-sports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">BONDI ANNOUNCES DOJ LAWSUIT AGAINST MAINE OVER TRANSGENDER SPORTS DISPUTE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Maine attorneys said that executive orders cannot &ldquo;&lsquo;confirm&rsquo; what an undefined term in a Federal statute means.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var 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