A federal judge in Kansas has put a stop to enforcement of President Joe Biden's transgender agenda in four states and a patchwork of places elsewhere.
U.S. District Judge John Broomes suggested in his ruling Tuesday that the Biden administration must now consider whether forcing compliance remains "Worth the effort."
It also applies to a Stillwater, Oklahoma, middle school that has a student suing over the rule and to members of three groups backing Republican efforts nationwide to protect females from men who claim to be females participating in girl's sports or wanting to use girl's bathrooms.
Broomes, an appointee of former President Donald Trump, directed the three groups - Moms for Liberty, Young America's Foundation and Female Athletes United - to file a list of schools in which their members' children are students so that their schools also do not comply with the rule.
Two other federal judges issued rulings in mid-June blocking the new rule in 10 other states.
Like the other judges, Broomes called the rule arbitrary and concluded that the Department of Education and its secretary, Miguel Cardona, exceeded the authority granted by Title IX. He also concluded that the rule violated the free speech and religious freedom rights of parents and students who reject transgender students' gender identities and want to espouse those views at school or elsewhere in public.
Broomes said his 47-page order leaves it to the Biden administration "To determine in the first instance whether continued enforcement in compliance with this decision is worth the effort."
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