Lame-duck President Joe Biden and his administration took a massive hit this week at the hands of the U.S. Supreme Court.
The Biden admin requested that the high court enforce a Title IX rule established earlier this year.
According to JustTheNews, the Biden administration asked the SCOTUS to enforce “new protections for LGBTQ students that have been blocked in multiple conservative states.”
The fairly new rule was established under Title IX.
It aims to “protect students LGBTQ students from discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.”
Essentially, it forces schools to allow “transgender” students to compete on the sports teams and use the bathrooms of their choosing, regardless of gender.
In most cases, these rules result in male students competing against girls and using female facilities.
The new rule only took effect in some states in August.
Many conservative-leaning states, meanwhile, blocked it or have refused to enforce it.
In a 5–4 decision at the hands of the Supreme Court, the Biden admin’s request that the protections be enforced was shot down.
Not surprisingly, the three liberal justices on the court dissented in the unsigned ruling, with conservative Justice Neil Gorsuch joining them in disagreeing.
🚨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! pic.twitter.com/MwOmRYpgg3
— Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) August 16, 2024
The high court’s order made it clear how it feels about the issue at this point in time.
“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,” the decision read.
The new order will remain on “hold” in the following states:
“Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.”
Users across social media immediately reacted to news of the high court blocking the Biden admin’s request.
“Finally, some common sense,” one X user wrote.
“Protecting the integrity of women’s spaces and sports is crucial. Onward indeed!”
Another X user wrote:
“It’s crazy we need the Supreme Court to step in on an issue that should be common sense.”
“No, they didn’t strike down the law,” another user wrote.
“They simply kept an injunction in place.
“So it’s a win, but not the final win we want.
“Also, keep doing what you’re doing.
“We need your voice.”
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