Supreme Court blocks request to vacate Title IX injunctions – Washington Examiner
The U.S. Supreme Court has blocked the federal government’s request to vacate injunctions concerning the Biden administration’s controversial Title IX rule, which expands protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity. In a narrowly divided ruling of 5-4, the court decided to maintain the injunctions affecting 26 states until the matter is addressed by the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in October. The majority opinion noted that the government had not provided sufficient evidence to undo the interim conclusions made by lower courts that deemed certain provisions of the rule likely unlawful and intertwined with others. Proponents of preserving Title IX’s original intent from 1972 celebrated this decision as a temporary victory, while Justice Sonia Sotomayor expressed in her partial dissent that there is a consensus on the court regarding the states’ standing in this matter. The ongoing legal battle over the rule is expected to continue.
Supreme Court blocks request to vacate Title IX injunctions
(The Center Square) – Requests by the federal government to vacate injunctions over the Biden administration’s controversial Title IX rule have been blocked by the U.S. Supreme Court.
The 5-4 ruling Friday means the injunctions preventing implementation of the new rule in 26 states will be allowed to remain in force until the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals takes up the case in October.
The opinion said the court couldn’t unhitch the majority of the new rule from the challenged provisions that would have added sexual orientation and gender identity to Title IX. Proponents of keeping Title IX as originally intended in 1972 celebrated the win, and reminded the fight continues until a final ruling.
In the unsigned decision, the majority said, “On this limited record and in its emergency applications, the Government has not provided this Court a sufficient basis to disturb the lower courts interim conclusions that the three provisions found likely to be unlawful are intertwined with and affect other provisions of the rule.”
Justice Sonia Sotomayor said in her partial dissent that “every Member of the Court agrees” that the states are entitled to an injunction until the case is decided.
Attorneys general from Louisiana and West Virginia praised the ruling.
“The Supreme Court sees that the Title IX revisions being pushed by the Biden administration would have ended sex-based protections for biological women in locker rooms, bathrooms, sports and elsewhere, plain and simple,” West Virginia Attorney General Morrisey said in a release. “This radical agenda from this administration is a retreat from the progress women have made.”
Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill, who brought one of several lawsuits against the new rule, also celebrated the decision.
“I’m grateful that the Supreme Court agreed not to block our injunction against this radical rewrite of Title IX,” Murrill said. “Other than the 19th Amendment guaranteeing our right to vote, Title IX has been the most successful law in history at ensuring equal opportunity for women in education at all levels and in collegiate athletics.
“This fight isn’t over, but I’ll keep fighting to block this radical agenda that eviscerates Title IX.”
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