Post by Logan on Mar 7, 2017 4:47:49 GMT -6
Supreme Court sends Virginia transgender bathroom rights case back to appeals court
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court is returning a transgender teen's case to a lower court without reaching a decision, leaving in limbo the issue of transgender rights in school settings.
Monday's action comes after the Trump administration pulled back federal guidance advising schools to let students use the bathroom of their chosen gender, not biological birth.
The justices said in a brief order that they have opted not to decide whether federal anti-discrimination law gives high school senior Gavin Grimm the right to use the boys' bathroom in his Virginia school.
The case had been scheduled for argument in late March. Instead, a lower court in Virginia will be tasked with evaluating the federal law known as Title IX and the extent to which it applies to transgender students.
Read more: pilotonline.com/news/government/nation/supreme-court-sends-virginia-transgender-bathroom-rights-case-back-to/article_866c9bd8-027b-11e7-9d69-eb1b0aa3a3b0.html
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court is returning a transgender teen's case to a lower court without reaching a decision, leaving in limbo the issue of transgender rights in school settings.
Monday's action comes after the Trump administration pulled back federal guidance advising schools to let students use the bathroom of their chosen gender, not biological birth.
The justices said in a brief order that they have opted not to decide whether federal anti-discrimination law gives high school senior Gavin Grimm the right to use the boys' bathroom in his Virginia school.
The case had been scheduled for argument in late March. Instead, a lower court in Virginia will be tasked with evaluating the federal law known as Title IX and the extent to which it applies to transgender students.
Read more: pilotonline.com/news/government/nation/supreme-court-sends-virginia-transgender-bathroom-rights-case-back-to/article_866c9bd8-027b-11e7-9d69-eb1b0aa3a3b0.html