Judges!

Another reason why we have to elect Democrats, another Supreme Court judge might be retiring in the next four years... who do you want to appoint the next justice?

Texas judge blocks federal rule expanding Title IX protections for LGBTQ+ students statewide

The expanded protections were set to take effect Aug. 1.

WFAA

By Rachel Snyder

July 15, 2024

A federal judge last week granted a temporary injunction, blocking expanded Title IX protections for LGBTQ+ students from taking effect in August in Texas.

The changes to Title IX, announced by the U.S. Department of Education in April, clarify that it also protects against discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Title IX is a law introduced in 1972 that bans discrimination on the basis of sex in education programs or activities receiving federal financial assistance. The expanded protections were set to take effect Aug. 1.

U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk wrote that the changes “inverts the text, history, and tradition of Title IX: the statute protects women in spaces historically reserved to men; the final rule inserts men into spaces reserved to women.”

He was appointed by Trump and I would like to point out that there was a Supreme Court ruling Grimm v. Gloucester County School Board! But hey, Trump judges don't follow Supreme Court precedent it it doesn't follow their ideology.

Kacsmaryk’s ruling came Thursday, the same day U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor issued a temporary ruling in favor of Carroll ISD in Southlake blocking the expanded Title IX protections from taking effect in the district in August, and the U.S. House of Representatives passed a measure against the same federal rule. That measure passed 210-205 along party lines.

Judge O'Connor was appointed by Bush.

There is a lot at stake this November elections... the next president will be appointing hundreds of judges and probably the next Supreme Court justice.