A federal judge in Louisiana blocked a Biden administration rule preventing discrimination based on gender identity in schools and colleges receiving federal funding. U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty issued a preliminary injunction stopping the U.S. Department of Education from enforcing the rule in Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, and Idaho.
Judge Doughty, appointed by former President Trump, is the first to block the rule, which has faced multiple lawsuits from Republican-led states. The Education Department’s rule expanded Title IX protections to include sexual orientation and gender identity, citing a 2020 Supreme Court decision on workplace discrimination.
Doughty sided with the Republican attorneys general, arguing that Congress did not clearly authorize the Department to redefine “sex discrimination” under Title IX. “Defendants do not have the authority to enact regulations which change the meaning of ‘sex discrimination’ to include gender identity, sexual orientation, sex stereotypes or sex characteristics,” he stated.
The U.S. Department of Education has not yet commented on the ruling.
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