The primary administrative body of Maine for athletics in high school claims that it is not liable for Title IX violations, because it does not receive federal financing, but title IX legal experts call that argument “weak”.
The Ministry of Health and Human Services (HHS) certain Earlier this week, the Maine Department of Education, the Maine Principals’ Association (MPA) and Greely High School in Cumberland Title IX was violated by staying biological men in women’s sports. In a formal response to the finding of HHS, the MPA claimed it could not be investigated To violate title IX because it does not receive federal funds, “direct” or “indirect”.
“This is an incredibly weak argument due to the association of the Maine Principals. It is no different than one of the fits through financing options that we have seen in the past with title IX,” said Sarah Perry, a senior legal fellow at the Heritage Foundation that has experience with the process of title IX testions. Perry Be on top of it The NCAA As an example, noticing that courts have held it liable under title IX because it manages billions in sports stations in its role that supervise schools that receive direct federal financing.
“The NCAA is a secondary recipient of federal financing because all its members’ organization schools themselves are recipients of federal financing and that is precisely the basis for which Riley Gains and a number of other NCAA swimmers have sued the NCAA for violation of Title IX,” Perry noted.
Kristen Wagoner is president and general counselor of Alliance Defending Freedom, a conservative, Christian legal interest group and non -profit. She also has experience with the process of title IX issues and called the argument of the MPA ‘weak’.
“Courts have consistently ruled that sports clubs must comply with Title IX, even if they do not have federal dollars in pocket directly. In fact, if an association ‘authority’ checks entities that federal funds have received, courts have concluded that title IX still binds the association,” Wagoner said that the mpa. ” have delegated authority. The MPA is not just a bystander. “
The primary administrative body of Maine for athletics in high school said that it cannot be held liable for the protection of the protection of Title IX because it does not receive financing from the federal government. Conservative legal experts do not agree. (Getty Images)
In a separate statement by MPA after the determination of HHS, the title IX had violated, the association said that the issue of participation of transgender athletes in sport was a “policy question” that had to be decided by the legislative power of Maine and by the congress. They added that their only intention was to follow the law, and their legal adviser currently advised them to follow Maine’s human rights legislation, which requires athletic participation are determined by someone’s favorite gender identity.
Janet Mills, a Democrat, has supported the argument that civil servants should follow the state law in determining the athletic eligible for transgender athletes. She also immediately challenged the president Donald Trump About his push to keep men and women in sports.
Last month Mills and Trump came to a public battle for the issue during a meeting with various governors in the White House, in which Mills Trump told that she would “see him in court (him).
Perry said she expects future lawsuits to take the issue in full, where FOX News Digital is told that to the Supreme Court It clarifies that title IX terminology on sex only means male and feminine: “We will continue to have these governors who will weigh, and they will find all sides of Sunday” to prevent the federal government from strip funds.
“Maine has made it very clear – Minnesota, Michigan has made it very clear – all under democratic leadership and governorship – that they are going to combat tooth and nail to prevent the loss of their federal funds, but also to keep promoting what the prevailing story about gender iterarism is.”
Maine Gov. Janet Mills and President Donald Trump came in a verbal skirmish in the White House last month after he wondered if she would comply with his executive order that demanded from biological men from the sports sports. (Getty Images)
In a statement to Fox News Digital, White house Spokesperson Anna Kelly closed the MPA for the choice to claim “It has the legal power to discriminate biological women” instead of “just protecting the sport of women”.
“The Trump government is dedicated to maintain common sense and to reject gender delusions,” she said.
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State rep. Laurel Libby, R-Auburn, repeated Kelly’s sentiment in a statement to Fox News Digital, who shoots the leaders of Maine for “Continu (ING) instead of taking responsibility to allow biological men to compete in girls sports.”
“Instead of concentrating on legal meshes to prevent accountability, the MPA must give priority to honesty, safety and equal opportunities for Maine’s female athletes,” Libby said. “Every girl in Maine earns a level playing field and the refusal of the MPA to maintain that standard is a bad service for them.”
