South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit has granted South Carolina's request for an administrative injunction, temporarily blocking a Title IX change from taking effect in South Carolina, Alabama, Florida, and Georgia.
"This is a big win in our fight to protect children," said Attorney General Wilson. "We've argued that the Biden administration does not have the authority to make this change, and with this temporary injunction, we now have time to make our case in court without our children being put in danger."
The court's administrative injunction temporarily halts the Biden administration from enforcing the Title IX Rule "pending further order of this Court." The states involved will now file a motion for an injunction pending appeal, which must be fully briefed by August 7th.
The new rule was set to take effect on August 1st nationwide. It mandates any school receiving federal funding to accommodate students' and teachers' "gender identity." This includes allowing biological boys and men who identify as female to use girls' bathrooms and locker rooms. Additionally, students and teachers would be required to use others' "preferred pronouns."
The ruling came from the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. A federal court in Kansas had previously blocked the rule from taking effect in some South Carolina schools, colleges, and universities through a separate but similar lawsuit against Title IX. However, South Carolina is not a party in that lawsuit.