A Kentucky federal judge has struck down President Joe Biden’s Title IX guidelines prohibiting discrimination against transgender students. On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Danny C. Reeves (an appointee of anti-LGBTQ+ former President George W.

The Biden administration’s Title IX rules expanding protections for LGBTQ+ students have been struck down nationwide after a federal judge in Kentucky found that they overstepped the president’s authority.

Thursday’s decision is a legal victory for six GOP attorneys general, including KY’s Russell Coleman, who sued last spring to block the new rule change from being enforced.

Chief Judge Danny C. Reeves of the Eastern District of Kentucky ruled on Thursday the Education Department could not expand Title IX to prohibit discrimination based on gender identity.

In a decision issued Thursday, U.S. District Judge Danny C. Reeves scrapped the entire 1,500-page regulation after deciding it was “fatally” tainted by legal shortcomings. The rule had already ...

Judge Danny C. Reeves of Kentucky ruled that the expansion was an overreach, aligning Title IX with its original 1972 framework. This decision significantly impacts transgender students’ rights ...

In a decision issued Thursday, U.S. District Judge Danny C. Reeves scrapped the entire 1,500-page regulation after deciding it was “fatally” tainted by legal shortcomings. The rule had already ...