June 14, 2024
A split Sixth Circuit panel on Friday said the U.S. Department of Education can't enforce guidance interpreting Title IX to ban discrimination against LGBTQ+ students in line with the U.S. Supreme Court's Bostock decision, rejecting the federal government's argument that a group of Republican attorneys general lacks standing.
April 26, 2023
A Sixth Circuit panel seemed inclined Wednesday to believe the Biden administration cut corners by issuing documents interpreting the U.S. Supreme Court's blockbuster Bostock LGBTQ rights ruling, but the judges appeared unsure whether a lower court freeze on enforcement of those positions made sense.
April 25, 2023
The Biden administration will square off against a coalition of conservative states before a panel of all Republican appointees at the Sixth Circuit on Wednesday in a closely watched battle over two federal agencies' ability to enforce their interpretation of the U.S. Supreme Court's blockbuster Bostock LGBTQ rights ruling.
March 30, 2023
A Kansas City school district was sued by a nonbinary teacher who claims they faced unlawful discrimination after being reprimanded by school officials for using gender-neutral pronouns, and Arizona wants to drop out of a multi-state suit challenging federal guidance that interprets the U.S. Supreme Court's watershed Bostock decision. Here, Law360 looks at three litigation developments that flew under the radar last month.
February 15, 2023
The federal government told the Sixth Circuit a district court was wrong to stop enforcement of Education Department guidance interpreting Title IX to bar discrimination against LGBTQ students in alignment with the U.S. Supreme Court's Bostock decision, arguing 20 Republican attorneys general lack standing to challenge the interpretation.
February 02, 2023
Texas' attorney general and 14 advocacy groups urged the Sixth Circuit to preserve an injunction blocking enforcement of U.S. Department of Education guidance interpreting Title IX to bar discrimination against LGBTQ students in alignment with the U.S. Supreme Court's Bostock ruling, backing 20 Republican attorneys general challenging the interpretation.
January 30, 2023
Two conservative advocacy groups urged the Sixth Circuit to uphold a freeze on the enforcement of U.S. Department of Education guidance interpreting Title IX to bar discrimination against LGBTQ students in alignment with the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark Bostock decision, arguing Monday the government is misinterpreting the law.