Title IX Rules: 6 More States Sue Biden Admin Over ‘Radical and Illegal’ Changes

‘Federal bureaucrats have no power to rewrite laws passed by the people’s elected representatives,’ Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti said.

A rally at the White House to press the Biden administration to release the long-awaited final Title IX rule, on Dec. 5, 2023. Leigh Vogel/Getty Images

A group of six Republican state attorneys general filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration’s Department of Education on April 30 over what they said were “radical and illegal” changes to Title IX rules.

The lawsuit, led by Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman and Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti, was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky.