The Supreme Court voted 5-4 Friday to reject a Biden administration request to enforce changes to Title IX that many argued would allow biological men to participate in women’s sports.
The Supreme Court voted 5-4 Friday to reject a Biden administration emergency request to enforce portions of a new rule that includes protections from discrimination for transgender students under Title IX.
The request would have permitted biological men in women’s bathrooms, locker rooms and dorms in 10 states where there are state-level and local-level rules in place to prevent it.
The sweeping rule was issued in April and clarified that Title IX’s ban on «sex» discrimination in schools covers discrimination based on gender identity, sexual orientation and «pregnancy or related conditions.»
The rule took effect Aug. 1, and, for the first time, the law stated that discrimination based on sex includes conduct related to a person’s gender identity.
More than two dozen Republican attorneys general sued over the rule and argued it would conflict with some of their state laws that block transgender students from participating in women’s sports.
The Biden administration insisted the regulation does not address athletic eligibility.
