Biden’s Title IX expansion protecting LGBTQ+ students struck down
Judge in Kentucky finds rules overstepped president’s authority and scraps entire 1,500-page regulation
The Biden administration’s Title IX rules expanding protections for LGBTQ+ students have been struck down nationwide after a federal judge in Kentucky found they overstepped the president’s authority.
In a decision issued on Thursday, US district judge Danny C Reeves scrapped the entire 1,500-page regulation after deciding it was “fatally” tainted by legal shortcomings. The rule had already been halted in 26 states after a wave of legal challenges by Republican states.
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