Title IX, a 1972 law, bans sex-based discrimination in federally funded education; its protections and battles shape schools, sports, and LGBTQ+ rights today.
America First Legal has filed complaints alleging Title IX violations at Cox Mill High School in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, claiming administrators ignored concerns about a transgender student in girls’ facilities. The district has not yet commented on the allegations or principal changes.
The US Supreme Court has rejected President Trump’s executive order that would have denied automatic citizenship to nearly all children born on US soil. In a 6-3 ruling written by Chief Justice John Roberts, the court has affirmed that the 14th Amendment grants citizenship to those born in the United States, while three justices dissented.
The US Supreme Court has upheld Idaho and West Virginia laws that bar transgender girls from girls' sports, ruling those bans survive Title IX and equal-protection challenges. The decision preserves similar statutes in roughly two dozen states, hands conservative groups a legal lever, and shifts the next fights to state courts, school boards and athletic bodies.
The Supreme Court has upheld birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment, rejecting President Trump’s bid to end it. The ruling maintains that citizenship is granted at birth to anyone born in the United States, including children of undocumented migrants. Trump has pledged to seek a rehearing and press Congress on immigration.