‘Huge win for Tennessee’: TN AG celebrates ruling against Title IX rules

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti is celebrating a win after a ruling against Title IX rules that were brought forth by President Joe Biden’s administration.

Skrmetti’s office reports that the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Kentucky ruled that the U.S. Department of Education’s Title IX rules exceeded the federal government’s authority and violated the Constitution.

The AG claims the rules would have compromised girls’ privacy in locker rooms and bathrooms and required teachers and administrators to use pronouns that don’t align with students’ biological sex.

“Last June, the district court preliminarily enjoined the rules in Tennessee and its coalition states. This latest order builds on that earlier ruling by completely overturning the Biden Administration and the Department of Education’s disastrous Title IX rules nationwide. As a result, children’s privacy is restored, and states are safeguarded from the federal government’s egregious, illegal overreach,” Skrmetti’s office said.

“This is a huge win for Tennessee, for common sense, and for women and girls across America,” Skrmetti said. “The court’s ruling is yet another repudiation of the Biden administration’s relentless push to impose a radical gender ideology through unconstitutional and illegal rulemaking. Because the Biden rule is vacated altogether, President Trump will be free to take a fresh look at our Title IX regulations when he returns to office next week.”

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