Six states sue Biden administration over new Title IX protections for trans athletes in girls' sports

OutKick contributor Riley Gaines joins ‘Fox & Friends Weekend’ to weigh in on the Biden administration’s latest move to expand LGBTQ protections under Title IX. 

Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti announced on Tuesday that he has led six states in suing the Department of Education (ED) due to the overhaul of Title IX of the Educational Amendments Act. 

Court documents show that the lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky. 

The Biden administration has unveiled new rules aimed at safeguarding LGBTQ+ students and changing the ways in which sexual harassment and assault claims are adjudicated on campus. 

Skrmetti is targeting new provisions that are part of a revised Title IX regulation issued by the ED, fulfilling a campaign pledge by President Biden to revamp those issued during the Trump administration.

The Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti announced on Tuesday that he has led six states in suing the Department of Education (ED) due to the overhaul of Title IX of the Educational Amendments Act.  (Photographer: Jacquelyn Martin/AP/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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"The U.S. Department of Education has no authority to let boys into girls’ locker rooms," Tennessee Attorney General Skrmetti said in a statement. 

"In the decades since its adoption, Title IX has been universally understood to protect the privacy and safety of women in private spaces like locker rooms and bathrooms. Under this radical and illegal attempt to rewrite the statute, if a man enters a woman’s locker room and a woman complains that makes her uncomfortable, the woman will be subject to investigation and