Federal Judge in Louisiana Blocks New Title IX Rules in Some States – A federal judge in Louisiana issued a temporary injunction Thursday to several states challenging the Biden administration’s finalized Title IX rule that adds additional protections for LGBTQ+ students based on their gender identity or sexual orientation.
U.S. District Judge Terry A. Doughty of the Western District of Louisiana authored the opinion in State of Louisiana v. U.S. Department of Education, which was filed against the Department of Education, along with its secretary, Miguel Cardona, among other federal agencies and officials. Republican-led states like Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana and Idaho sought to prevent some of the new regulations from going into effect Aug. 1. It would require students to be allowed access to bathrooms and locker rooms based on their gender identity, prohibit schools from requiring medical documentation validating the student’s gender identity, and require schools to use a student’s preferred pronouns, among other things.