Mom's for Liberty Succeeds in Halting Title IX Changes
Thank you, Amy Waychoff of Montgomery County Federation of Republican Women for sharing this important and encouraging information.
See the News Update from the "Moms for Liberty" regarding a Federal Judge's Order regarding the implementation of the Final Rule from the U.S. Department of Education regarding use of bathrooms, showers, locker rooms and sleeping rooms at schools receiving any Federal funds based on gender identity.
The Order stops the implementation of the Final Rule in 4 states, but it also prohibits implementation in schools where plaintiff organization's children attend until a full hearing and ruling on the case by Federal courts is completed.
I am not sure if the order applies to Moms for Liberty members (and the other plaintiff organizations) nationwide or only in those states, but this is very encouraging. To read the entire order scroll down to the original message and click on the "Read the Order here" link.
Page 45 of the Order states:
As for the Plaintiff Organizations, given their standing to seek relief on behalf of their
members, the appropriate scope of relief there is, similar to the relief provided for K.R., to enjoin implementation and enforcement of the Final Rule at any school attended by a member of Young America’s Foundation or Female Athletes United, as well as any school attended by a minor child of a member of Moms for Liberty.
Page 46 of the Order states:
Accordingly, Defendants are enjoined from implementing or taking any action to enforce the Final Rule against Plaintiff States, K.R.’s school, the schools attended by the members of Young America’s Foundation or Female Athletes United, as well as any school attended by a minor child of a member of Moms for Liberty. In order to effectuate this preliminary injunction, Plaintiff Organizations are directed to file a notice in the record identifying the schools which the members of Young America’s Foundation or Female Athletes United attend, as well as the schools
attended by the minor children of the members of Moms for Liberty, on or before July 15, 2024.
This filing should not identify members of those organizations or the children of any such members. Rather, it should provide notice to Defendants of the schools as to which this order enjoins enforcement of the Final Rule.
Sincerely,
Ella Ennis
Legislative Chairman
Maryland Federation of Republican Women
Moms for Liberty Succeeds in Halting Title IX Changes
The order prohibits the Biden Department of Education from enforcing the new rule against the states of Kansas, Alaska, Utah, and Wyoming, as well as every school attended by the members of Young America’s Foundation and the children of Moms for Liberty members.
TOPEKA, KS (July 2, 2024): In a landmark ruling, a federal court in Kansas issued an opinion halting the Biden Department of Education’s Title IX changes in a lawsuit brought by Southeastern Legal Foundation (SLF) and Mountain States Legal Foundation (MSLF) on behalf of their clients Moms for Liberty and Young America’s Foundation. The organizations joined the states of Kansas, Wyoming, Utah, and Alaska, as well as other students and interest groups, in challenging the Department of Education’s blatant disregard for the First Amendment rights of K-12 and college students.
The members of Moms for Liberty and Young America’s Foundation are parents and students in K-12 schools and colleges who fear sharing their true views—including the view that gender is not fluid, that there are only two genders based on biological sex, and that private spaces on campuses should be kept sex-segregated—in light of the Biden Administration’s unconstitutional changes to the definition of “sex” under Title IX. Under the Department of Education’s new rule, “sex” no longer means male or female but includes gender identity and sex stereotypes, so anyone who speaks out against gender identity, fails to recognize a classmate’s “preferred pronouns,” or speaks up for their physical safety and right not to have to undress in front of the opposite biological sex can be punished for harassment.
As the parties explained in the briefing before the court, this will have devastating consequences for free speech. The court agreed, ruling that the new rule is so vague that students will be forced to self-censor rather than risk punishment. The order prohibits the Biden Department of Education from enforcing the new rule against the states of Kansas, Alaska, Utah, and Wyoming, as well as every school attended by the members of Young America’s Foundation and the children of Moms for Liberty members.
Read the court order here.
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