A coalition of 11 states led by Texas is serving as the first line of defense against President Obama’s mandate compelling schools nationwide to permit toilet and locker room access on the basis of gender identity, not biological sex.
The states on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against the administration, challenging the directive as unconstitutional executive overreach and a misinterpretation of federal antidiscrimination law.
The lawsuit says the privacy and safety of children are recklessly put at risk through the mandate, arguing that the decision of how to accommodate transgender students is a matter properly left to the states.
“Defendants have conspired to turn workplace and educational settings across the country into laboratories for a massive social experiment, flouting the democratic process, and running roughshod over commonsense policies protecting children and basic privacy rights,” the lawsuit said.
