Block on Biden Trans Rights Rule Upheld by Two Appeals Courts (1)

A Biden Education Department rule aiming to strengthen protections for gay and transgender students must remain on hold in ten states under rulings from the Fifth and Sixth Circuits Wednesday.

The two rulings in a single day are a setback for President Joseph Biden‘s transgender rights initiatives, with the appeals courts signaling the rule may not pass constitutional muster.

Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton, of the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, denied the Department’s request to let the rule take effect next month in Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Virginia, and West Virginia after a district court ...