GOP senator probes 18 blue states, DC over Trump's transgender athlete order
FIRST ON FOX: A top Senate Republican is launching an investigation into over a dozen blue states over whether they’re in compliance with President Donald Trump’s executive order, "Keeping Men...
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FIRST ON FOX: A top Senate Republican is launching an investigation into over a dozen blue states over whether they’re in compliance with President Donald Trump’s executive order, "Keeping Men out of Women’s Sports." Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., is taking a microscope to schools across the country for alleged infractions against Trump’s order, which was designed to undo several changes made under former President Joe Biden to Title IX, the decades-old law that bars sex-based discrimination in education programs and activities that receive federal funding. His investigation is specifically targeting the inclusion of transgender athletes in girls' and women’s sports, and the promotion of policies that allow shared access to facilities, like locker rooms and bathrooms. 130 DEMOCRAT CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVES URGE SCOTUS TO SIDE WITH TRANS ATHLETE IN TITLE IX LEGAL BATTLE The scope of Cassidy’s investigation is broad and includes California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, and Washington, D.C. In 19 letters to various heads of state and collegiate education departments, Cassidy alleged that many recipients of federal funding "continue to interchangeably enroll males and females in sports teams that differ from their biological sex," and that the recipients push policies that allow shared access to facilities. "Under the current and correct interpretation of the law, this is a clear violation of Title IX," Cassidy wrote. NEWSOM SIGNS LAW TO APPROVE ATHLETE EQUITY STUDY AS MORE CALIFORNIA SCHOOLS OPPOSE MALES IN GIRLS' SPORTS The lawmaker's investigation also comes as the Supreme Court considers a pair of cases that could have wide-ranging implications on Title IX enforcement across the country, and whether biological male athletes can participate in women's sports. Cassidy, who chairs the Senate Health, Education, Labor and…