Judge Tosses Lawsuit Against Ron DeSantis Over Law Barring Boys From Girls’ Sports

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A judge in the Southern District of Florida dismissed a lawsuit against Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis over a law that bars biological males from competing in women’s sports, according to a press release.

DeSantis signed the Fairness in Women’s Sports Act in June 2021, which was challenged by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) under the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and Title IX of the Education Amendments. United States District Judge Roy K. Altman, appointed by former President Donald Trump, dismissed the case Monday saying it “doesn’t violate Title IX and does not legally demean transgender persons because of their “gender identity,” according to court documents.

Judge Tosses Lawsuit Against Ron DeSantis Over Law Barring Boys From Girls’ Sports

A judge in the Southern District of Florida dismissed a lawsuit against the Florida gov over a law that bars biological males from competing in female sports.

dailycaller.com

 

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A judge in the Southern District of Florida dismissed a lawsuit against Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis over a law that bars biological males from competing in women’s sports, according to a press release.

DeSantis signed the Fairness in Women’s Sports Act in June 2021, which was challenged by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) under the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and Title IX of the Education Amendments. United States District Judge Roy K. Altman, appointed by former President Donald Trump, dismissed the case Monday saying it “doesn’t violate Title IX and does not legally demean transgender persons because of their “gender identity,” according to court documents.

Judge Tosses Lawsuit Against Ron DeSantis Over Law Barring Boys From Girls’ Sports

A judge in the Southern District of Florida dismissed a lawsuit against the Florida gov over a law that bars biological males from competing in female sports.

dailycaller.com

This will make for an interesting case for the Eleventh Circuit, (a court that boasts a judge still serving since being appointed by [checks notes] one, Richard M. Nixon).

 

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This will make for an interesting case for the Eleventh Circuit, (a court that boasts a judge still serving since being appointed by [checks notes] one, Richard M. Nixon).

Did the Plaintiff file an appeal?

 

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Did the Plaintiff file an appeal?

They don’t have to, yet, via CBS news

“Altman ruled that the controversial law did not violate constitutional equal protection and due-process rights and Title IX, a federal law that prevents discrimination based on sex in education programs. He left open the possibility that attorneys for the Broward County student, identified by the initials D.N., could file a revised lawsuit on the protection and Title IX issues.

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The judge ruled correctly.

 

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They don’t have to, yet, via CBS news

“Altman ruled that the controversial law did not violate constitutional equal protection and due-process rights and Title IX, a federal law that prevents discrimination based on sex in education programs. He left open the possibility that attorneys for the Broward County student, identified by the initials D.N., could file a revised lawsuit on the protection and Title IX issues.

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The judge ruled correctly.

If the Plaintiff amends the complaint; would he not refile before the same court?

 

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If the Plaintiff amends the complaint; would he not refile before the same court?

Hence “they don’t have to, yet”; one doesn‘t appeal to the same court but a higher one that has jurisdiction over the court one lost in.

From mine link:
But in its motion to dismiss the case, filed in February, the state disputed that the law was intended to discriminate or that it violates constitutional rights.

"SB 1028 indeed draws a sex-based classification, but the classification is constitutionally permissible because the state has important governmental interests in separating athletic teams on the basis of sex, and in prohibiting biological males from joining teams designated for biological females: protecting biological females' equal participation in school athletics and remediating past under-representation of females in athletic competition," the motion said. "Because the challenged law is substantially related to achieving these important aims, it does not violate equal protection

It would seem Florida took the stance of “so what someone is pushed off of a sportsball team? That was not the intent of the law!”, and got this fine Trump appointee to agree.