The Biden rule, which makes ‘gender identity’ a protected class similar to sex, ‘turns Title IX on its head,’ the judge wrote.

A federal district court judge in Kentucky has struck down President Joe Biden’s effort to protect transgender students and make other changes to Title IX, ruling the U.S. Department of Education violated teachers’ rights by requiring them to use transgender students’ names and pronouns.

The decision threw out the administration’s proposed regulations, which prohibited discrimination based on gender identity.

President Joe Biden’s attempt to rewrite Title IX to include gender identity was officially blocked by a federal court Thursday.

The court’s decision to strike down the rule is being hailed as a major victory by opponents of the regulation.

The ruling: Eastern District of Kentucky Court Chief Judge Danny Reeves in an order Thursday said the regulation on Title IX, the federal law that bars sex-based discrimination, is unlawful. He said the rule is “arbitrary and capricious” and violates the spending clause and the First Amendment, among other issues.

A Kentucky federal judge has struck down President Joe Biden’s Title IX guidelines prohibiting discrimination against transgender students.

President Joe Biden began his term in the White House with a broad promise to protect transgender Americans against Republican policies that painted them as a threat to children and

A federal judge struck down the rule just days before Donald J. Trump, who promised to unwind much of it, assumes the presidency.

The Education Department under President Joe Biden finalized the rules in April, though they have been facing legal challenges in a number of states.

A federal judge Thursday struck down President Joe Biden’s mandate that schools give transgender students access to cross-sex bathrooms and other