Young America’s Foundation Joins with State Attorneys General in Lawsuit to Stop Biden’s Unconstitutional Title IX Changes
May 14 2024 - 4:40PM
Young America’s Foundation (YAF) has joined Moms for Liberty to
stand for students and parents whose rights have been violated by
the Biden Administration’s overhaul of Title IX. Today,
Southeastern Legal Foundation (SLF) and Mountain States Legal
Foundation filed a lawsuit in federal court on behalf of both
organizations and all who value a basic truth that has been a
bedrock of society for thousands of years.
YAF and Moms for Liberty are joined by the states of Kansas,
Wyoming, Utah, and Alaska in the lawsuit, which aims at stopping
the Department of Education’s blatant disregard for the First
Amendment rights of K-12 and college students.
Within days of taking office, President Biden and his
administration started gutting the very rules Title IX was
established to protect. Women and girls were no longer entitled to
sex-separated facilities such as restrooms and locker rooms that
are necessary to protect their dignity and privacy.
Biden issued an Executive Order unilaterally changing the
definition of “sex” to include “gender identity” and ordered the
Department of Education to rewrite Title IX regulations to forever
remove equal access and other legal protections. In late-April
2024, the Biden Department of Education issued the final rule which
Moms for Liberty and Young America’s Foundation now challenge in
court.
“Gender ideology is a bald-faced lie; men are men and women are
women. With its new Title IX rules, the Biden administration is
forcing everyone in college across the nation to repeat and live
the lie that men can be women. It’s unconscionable,” said Vic
Bernson, Vice President and General Counsel for Young America’s
Foundation.
“This lawsuit is YAF’s opportunity to stand with our students on
the side of truth and against those who would pervert it,” Bernson
concluded.
For decades, YAF has successfully defended the constitutional
rights of our students on campus and in courtrooms across the
country – this case will be no different. The Biden Rule is
blatantly unconstitutional and illegal, but even more, it is an
affront on the rights of America’s students and families.
“I have a right to express the truth that there are two distinct
sexes – men and women. The government’s attempt to redefine who I
am and what privacies I’m entitled to is outrageous,” said Rachel
Flynn, incoming chairwoman of Young Americans for Freedom at the
University of Utah.
Our teams look forward to defending the binary nature of gender
against government overreach.
“The Department of Education’s drastic unconstitutional changes
to Title IX will only further weaponize the campus thought police.
We are proud to stand with these parent and student organizations
as they fight back against the administration’s most drastic steps
yet,” said SLF Executive Director Kimberly Hermann.
Michael McGonigle
Young America's Foundation
mmcgonigle@yaf.org