ST. LOUIS – A federal district court in Missouri ruled Wednesday to immediately halt the Biden-Harris administration’s illegal rewrite of Title IX while the lawsuit State of Arkansas v. U.S. Department of Education moves forward. Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys representing Amelia Ford, a high school athlete from Arkansas, joined the states of Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota in a federal lawsuit filed in May against the administration for its attempt to redefine “sex” in Title IX to include “gender identity.” This recent ruling stops enforcement of the rule against Ford as well as against the six states that brought the lawsuit. 

ADF Legal Counsel Mathew Hoffmann:  “Students don’t lose their First Amendment right to free speech when they walk into a school building. All Americans must remain free to speak, especially in our schools. As we explain in our brief, the U.S. Supreme Court has recognized that public schools serve as the nurseries of democracy. There, young students learn to interact with each other and discuss topics from all angles....” 

CHICAGO – Seventeen states, multiple medical experts, children’s advocates, and a feminist group have joined together to file friend-of-the-court briefs with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit in support of former Indiana high school music teacher John Kluge. Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys representing Kluge filed their opening brief at the 7th Circuit last week.