U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) is praising a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision to allow lower court rulings to stand that temporarily blocked changes from Title IX from being enforced.
The Biden administration asked for the Supreme Court to intervene after federal appeals courts in New Orleans and Cincinnati turned down the federal government’s request to allow it to temporarily enforce all of the new rule.
“This a HUGE WIN,” Tuberville said. “Glad to see the Supreme Court step up to protect girls and women across America from the Biden-Harris DESTRUCTION of Title IX.”
This a HUGE WIN.
Glad to see the Supreme Court step up to protect girls and women across America from the Biden-Harris DESTRUCTION of Title IX. https://t.co/dev3erHwzp
— Coach Tommy Tuberville (@SenTuberville) August 17, 2024
The senator has been very vocal is criticizing the Biden administration’s rule change, which he believes would ruin women’s sports. He also put forward a bill last year called “The Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act” that would ban biological males from competing against female athletes.
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Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has also been leading the effort among state attorneys general to fight against the rule change. Last week, he led a 26-state brief with the Supreme Court, asking them to overturn a lower court’s ruling against an Idaho law that would prohibit biological males from competing in women’s sports.
Alabama Attorney General Marshall Leads Coalition Urging Supreme Court to Uphold State Laws Protecting Girls’ Sports https://t.co/oGBy7O2B3a pic.twitter.com/dnlOyZlvMS
— Attorney General Steve Marshall (@AGSteveMarshall) August 14, 2024
“As we have recently seen on the world stage, males have an unfair competitive advantage when compared to females,” Marshall said. “After 50 years of tremendous strides to expand opportunities for girls and women to compete in sports on a level playing field, we are backpedaling as biological males take opportunities from girls and women who deserve the chance to succeed.”
The litigation over the issue in multiple states is ongoing. It is unknown if the Supreme Court will take on the case next year after it’s gone through the complete appeals process.
Yaffee is a contributing writer to Yellowhammer News and hosts “The Yaffee Program” weekdays 9-11 a.m. on WVNN. You can follow him on X @Yaffee
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