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‘There is still hope’: SCOTUS deals huge blow to leftist gender madness

August 17, 2024 | | Print Article

A partial victory in the fight against gender ideology called for celebration and a redoubling of efforts following a Supreme Court ruling on Title IX changes.

“Onward!”

The federal government’s effort to bureaucratically advance Marxism hit a stumbling block Friday with a 5-4 decision from the Supreme Court denying a stay over lower court rulings. Now, ahead of an appeals fight, the Biden-Harris administration’s effort to violate the spaces of women and girls by changing the rule meant to protect them remained out of play.

Former NCAA swimmer and women’s rights defender Riley Gaines reacted to the decision on X stating, “BREAKING: In a 5-4 decision, SCOTUS has struck down the Biden-Harris administration’s rewrite of Title IX, which would have allowed men in women’s sports, bathrooms, locker rooms, dorms, and compelled speech. HUGE win. Onward!”

The 5-4 opinion on the matters of Department of Education v. Louisiana and Miguel Cardona v. Tennessee explained, “The Department of Education recently issued a new rule implementing Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. The rule newly defined sex discrimination to ‘includ[e] discrimination on the basis of sex stereotypes, sex characteristics, pregnancy or related conditions, sexual orientation, and gender identity.'”

While the justices unanimously agreed to “the central provision that newly defines sex discrimination to include discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity,” the split over the stay regarded disagreement over the severability of portions of the rule many believed would have permitted men and boys in the spaces of women and girls across 10 states where local- and state-level rules were put in place to stave off ideologues.

“But the Government argues (and the dissent agrees) that those provisions should be severed and that the other provisions of the new rule should still be permitted to take effect in the interim period while the Government’s appeals of the preliminary injunctions are pending in the Courts of Appeals,” the opinion stated as Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch joined with Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson in the dissent that argued the lower court rulings were “overbroad.”

The stays on injunctions from the Fifth and Sixth Circuit Courts meant interim relief as the latter had already announced oral arguments for October to expedite consideration of the case.

To that point, Gaines had indicated, “To be clear, the rule still needs to be finalized, hence why I said ‘onward’. This ruling just means no part will go in effect while the case proceeds. A final order is still needed to vacate the rule nationwide. Even still, it’s a big win.”

Similarly, former gymnast, onetime Levi’s executive and founder and CEO of XX-XY Athletics Jennifer Sey reacted to The New York Times coverage that said, “Supreme Court, for Now, Blocks Expanded Protections for Transgender Students in Some States.”

“Let me rewrite this headline @nytimes … Supreme Court upholds Title IX, protecting women’s sex based rights in the education system. For now,” wrote Sey as others added their own cheers for the ruling.

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