Two trans girls from New Hampshire brought the first legal action against President Donald Trump’s executive order banning transgender athletes in women’s sports on Wednesday. The amended complaint is an expansion of a lawsuit filed last August after a state bill banning transgender girls from participating in women’s sports was signed into law.
Last September, a federal judge granted a girl’s provisional injunction against the law.– Allow them to compete while the lawsuit continues. But now, the high schools claim that Trump’s executive order threatens his ability to participate despite the judge’s preliminary relief.
The executive order cites Title IX of the Education Amendment Act and Case Law as justification to prohibit transgender women from participating in women’s sports. The Department of Education prioritizes Title IX enforcement measures and directs the revocation of federal funds from schools that do not comply with the ban. However, the amended lawsuit directly contradicts this court’s order regarding the girls’ provisional injunction and misinterprets the title to exclude protection for transgender people. “It claims.
In addition to existing charges against state defendants, the amended lawsuit argues that the executive order violates equal protection rights, contradicts statutes and exceeds the president’s authority. The plaintiffs argue that the executive order is “to direct agencies targeting investigations and to allow sports programs to withdraw federal funds from entities, including transgender girls in women’s sports teams.” The complaint argues that this not only violates the Equality Protection Clause of the Fifth Amendment, but also contradicts Title IX’s prohibition on discrimination in sports participation “on the basis of gender.” Finally, the president argues that Congressional budgets cannot be unilaterally revised or cancelled.
Several other lawsuits challenging President Trump’s actions allege he is beyond enforcement. Among these are the challenges that the President faces the suspension of refugee hospitalizations and the end of federal funds for gender maintenance care (the President also states that he has “directly and unilaterally amended or revised the budget for officially enacted by Congress or It is not possible to cancel it.” The American Bar Association issued a statement this week criticising the president’s actions, particularly efforts to undermine Congress’ authority by refusing to spend the money allocated by Congress.
