Tennessee AG optimistic about SCOTUS case after lower court reverses ‘radical gender ideology’
Tennessee attorney Gen. Jonathan Skrmetti is cautiously optimistic about the future success of his gender case at the Supreme Court after securing another legal victory in Kentucky that will overturn the Title IX overhaul. of the Biden administration across the country.
US District Court for the Eastern District from Kentucky The Northern Division issued its ruling in Cardona v. Tennessee on Thursday.
In an interview with Fox News Digital on Tuesday, Skrmetti said, “Every victory we get is another breach in the wall that makes sure the bill means what the people who voted for it meant.”
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A transgender rights advocate takes part in a December 2024 rally outside the Supreme Court in Washington as he hears arguments in a case about transgender health rights. The court is hearing arguments in United States v. Skrmetti, which concerns a Tennessee law banning gender-affirming care for minors and whether it violates the Constitution’s equal protection guarantee. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
The verdict came a few months after Supreme Court rejected the Biden administration’s urgent request to implement parts of the new rule that would include protections from discrimination for transgender students under Title IX.
The sweeping rule was issued in April and clarifies that Title IX’s ban on “sex” discrimination in schools covers discrimination based on gender identity, sexual orientation and “pregnancy or related conditions.”
The rule went into effect on August 1, 2024, and the law stated for the first time that sex-based discrimination includes conduct related to a person’s gender identity.
“The Title IX rule was the height of overreach, administrative overreach Biden administrationand we were very happy that we were able to stop it,” Skrmetti said on Tuesday.
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Protesters gather outside the Supreme Court building as the justices hear oral arguments in Washington, DC (Jack Gruber/USA TODAY)
He now awaits the court’s long-awaited decision in the case of United States v. Skrmetti, which is expected by June.
The Supreme Court is weighing whether the Equal Protection Clause, which guarantees equal treatment under the law for individuals in similar circumstances, prevents states from barring health care providers from offering puberty blockers and hormone treatments to children seeking transgender surgery.
Lawsuit Against Tennessee Law Banning transgender treatment for minors was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of several transgender minors and their parents. The families claim the law violates parents’ rights to make medical decisions for their children and forces them to go out of state to undergo transgender procedures.
“The momentum seems to have really shifted almost culturally on these issues,” Skrmetti said. “And when you see people trying to rewrite laws through creative judgment, through creative regulation, it alienates people from the laws that bind them, and that’s bad for America.”
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Protesters chant during the program of speeches at the “Our Bodies, Our Sports” rally for the 50th anniversary of Title IX at Freedom Plaza on June 23, 2022 in Washington, DC (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Skrmetti described the recent developments as part of a broader “vibrational shift” in the country, noting that they reflect a “big data point” that points to a decline in efforts to reshape American law through “undemocratic” processes.
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“What the Supreme Court does, we will know when the Supreme Court does,” he said.
Fox News Digital’s Ryan Gaydos contributed to this report.
