"Women fought hard for these rights, and it is the law, and the president means business with it," said Education Secretary Linda McMahon on Fox News. On Tuesday, she blasted California for their refusal to comply, saying "California has just REJECTED our resolution agreement to follow federal law and keep men out of women's sports. Turns out Gov. Newsom’s acknowledgment that "it’s an issue of fairness” was empty political grandstanding. @CAgovernor, you'll be hearing from
@AGPamBondi."
"Today," DOJ Civil Rights Attorney Harmeet Dhillon said, "the United States Department of Justice filed suit against California for allowing boys to participate in girls high school sports in violation of Title IX, one of the important federal Civil Rights statutes that we administer here at the Department of Justice."
"This year alone, California is scheduled to receive over $44 billion in federal funding to support its education system, and yet California refuses to honor federal law that protects the rights of young women, and we can't stand for that here at the Department of Justice. It would be irresponsible to do so.
"We're so proud of all the young female athletes in California who are striving for opportunities and accomplishments and trophies," Dhillon continued, "and it's their right to do so. So follow along as we pursue the enforcement of federal law against California in this important lawsuit."
The DOJ brought the suit against California's Department of Education and said that they were in violation for allowing boys to play in girls' athletics. The issue, which even Governor Gavin Newsom said is "an issue of fairness," is one in which Americans resoundingly agree on, coming down on the side of women, not men who say they are women.
The state had been allowing men and boys who claim to be women to compete in women's athletics, costing the women and girls of California dozens of awards, records, and opportunities to compete. The state had been in compliance with a Biden administration executive order that essentially unilaterally rewrote the Civil Rights Act to say that legal protections for women also applied to legal protections for men who say they are women.
Once taking office, President Donald Trump reversed that and the agencies under his charge instructed states to abandon the odd, biological lie of a directive put out by the Biden administration. In response, the state of California said that in cases where a trans individual wins or places in women's events, those events would allow the inclusion of an extra female in an attempt to even things out.
