A federal district court judge in Kentucky has struck down President Joe Biden’s effort to protect transgender students and make other changes to Title IX, ruling the U.S. Department of Education violated teachers’ rights by requiring them to use transgender students’ names and pronouns.

The decision threw out the administration’s proposed regulations, which prohibited discrimination based on gender identity.

Education Secretary Miguel Cordona and the Education Department unlawfully imposed a new Title IX rule that violates the U.S. Constitution and exceeded their authority, a federal judge ruled Thursday.

A federal judge ruled President Biden overstepped his authority when his administration rolled out Title IX rules expanding protections for LGBTQ+ students.

A federal court blocked Joe Biden’s Title IX changes, halting efforts to redefine sex as gender identity, which critics hailed as a win for women’s rights.

Judge Danny C. Reeves of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky rejected the Biden administration's interpretation of the law.

A federal district judge in Kentucky has struck down the Biden administration’s Title IX regulation that added sexual orientation and transgender status to the definition of sexual discrimination protections.

But on Thursday, U.S. District Judge Danny C. Reeves ruled in Cardona v. Tennessee, tossing out Biden’s Title IX changes nationwide. The decision was in response to a lawsuit brought by Tennessee, West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio and Virginia.

A federal judge struck down the rule just days before Donald J. Trump, who promised to unwind much of it, assumes the presidency.

A federal judge in Kentucky ruled that Title IX rules barring sex discrimination do not apply to gender identity.

A federal district court issued a decision Thursday blocking the Biden administration’s attempt to change the meaning of “sex” in Title IX.