Supreme Court Blocks Decision In Transgender Teen Case

Hall County School District Superintendent Will Schofield stuck to his previous stance on bathroom policies following a ruling by the Supreme Court on Wednesday that a Virginia school board can block a transgender male from using the boys restroom when school starts next month.

Mr Grimm appealed to the court not to discuss the matter, local media report, but its actions are exactly what the school board asked for.

Justices Ginsburg, Sotomayor, and Kagan dissented with the majority rule of the court.

In a brief order, the country’s highest court put on hold an order from a lower court that had permitted the high school student to use the bathroom of his choice.

“In the short term, this means the relationship between transgender identity and sex discrimination will be left in limbo until the Supreme Court resolves it one way or the other”.

Breyer provided the necessary fifth vote to grant the stay. “Parents in Charlotte have a reason now to demand that CMS back down on implementing its new transgender policy that would allow boys and girls to share bathrooms, showers, locker rooms, and even overnight sleeping facilities in public schools”, Fitzgerald added. That segregation has caused the teenager to be singled out and harassed by his classmates, according to the American Civil Liberties Union, which is representing Grimm in the lawsuit.

The case still hasn’t seen a real day in court, but rather a number of hearings to suspend the school board’s policy while Grimm attends school.

Grimm will be entering her senior year this fall.

Grimm’s claim of sexual discrimination had initially been dismissed by the court. Grimm was born female.

The federal court of appeals ruling lacks legal authority and clearly goes against the clear meaning of “sex” when that law was adopted decades ago.

While the White House explained that the move is aimed at battling discrimination against transgender students, several states said that they would be suing the Obama administration over the issue.

It had no basis to give “deference” to the federal government’s tortured reading of Title IX, Adler writes, and the Department of Education “sought to sidestep” a full rulemaking that would “adopt a controlling interpretation in a properly promulgated regulation”. “I am pleased the Supreme Court blocked this ruling before children return to school”, said Staver. “While we remain optimistic that this is a temporary setback in the larger effort to ensure that transgender students are treated with dignity and respect, time is of the essence and any delay infringes on these students’ right to a safe and quality education”.