The Battle Lines Are Formed, Dueling Courts

Have you noticed that the states have two types law suits, one group of states are suing to limit our rights and another group of states are to increase our rights. You want to guest which states are which?

In California the AG is going after Oklahoma's anti-trans law, while in Texas their AG is going after a school bathrooms.

Attorney General Bonta: Oklahoma Legislation Barring Transgender Students from School Facilities Consistent with Their Gender Identity is Discriminatory and Unlawful
Press Release Attorney General Bonta
Friday, July 19, 2024

California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined 17 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals in support of the rights of transgender students in Bridge v. Oklahoma State Department of Education. The case stems from a lawsuit challenging Oklahoma’s Senate Bill 615 (SB 615), which categorically prohibits transgender students from using sex-separated school facilities consistent with their gender identity. After the Western District of Oklahoma granted the State defendants’ motion to dismiss the case, the plaintiffs (three transgender students) appealed the decision to the Tenth Circuit. The coalition asserts in its amicus brief that SB 615 violates Title IX and the Equal Protection Clause, and also describes the serious harms to transgender youth that result from unlawful discrimination on the basis of an individual’s gender identity.

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In their amicus brief today, the coalition supported the plaintiffs' effort to block the enforcement of SB 615, arguing that the law:

•     Violates the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution by stigmatizing transgender students and denying them access to common school facilities based on their gender identity.
•     Violates Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 by denying transgender boys and girls access to the same common facilities that other boys and girls may use.
•     Fails to recognize how inclusive laws and policies — such as those in California — produce important benefits without compromising the privacy and safety of others.

They are not alone, other states joined California,

In filing the amicus brief, Attorney General Bonta joins the attorneys general of New York, Washington, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, and the District of Columbia.

But the other side haven’t been sitting on their laurels...

Five Republican-led states sue over Biden's new Title IX transgender protections
The new rules prohibit schools from banning transgender students and teachers from using restrooms that align with their gender identities, among other policies.
NBC News
By Jo Yurcaba
April 29, 2024


Five Republican-led states have sued the Biden administration over its new rules expanding Title IX — a federal civil rights law that protects students from sex-based discrimination in federally funded schools — to protect transgender students.

A handful of Republican officials in other states have publicly said they will not enforce the new rules but have stopped short of filing lawsuits.  

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican, sued the Biden administration Monday to block the rules, which will, in part, prohibit schools from barring trans students and teachers from using the school facilities and pronouns that align with their gender identities, among other policies.

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Republican attorneys general in Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana and Idaho filed a separate lawsuit Monday arguing that the rule exceeds the Education Department’s authority, in part because it redefines sex to include gender identity.

“This is all for a political agenda, ignoring significant safety concerns for young women students in pre-schools, elementary schools, middle schools, high schools, colleges and universities across Louisiana and the entire country,” Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill said in a statement.

“This is all for a political agenda” isn’t this like the pot calling the kettle black?

One party giveth our rights.
One party taketh away our rights!

I’m voting blue all the way. No way will I vote for the old guy who makes used car salesmen look like saints.