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https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/maine-title-ix-transgender-athletes- trump-executive-order/?intcid=CNR-02-0623

Washington � Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Wednesday that the
Justice Department is filing a civil lawsuit against Maine's Department of Education for "discriminating against women by failing to protect women in women's sports" in what she alleged is a violation of Title IX.

"The Department of Justice will not sit by when women are discriminated
against in sports," Bondi said. "This is about sports, this is also about
these young womens' personal safety."

The move marks an escalation between the Trump administration and Maine
over the issue. President Trump signed an executive order in February to
ban transgender girls and women from competing on sports teams that match
their gender identity, mandating that Title IX, the federal law banning
sex discrimination in schools, be interpreted as prohibiting the
participation of transgender girls and women in female sports. President
Trump said states not in compliance would jeopardize any federal funding
they receive.

Then, in a tense moment between Mr. Trump and Maine Gov. Janet Mills, a Democrat, later in February, the president threatened that her state
wouldn't get federal funding if it didn't comply with the executive order barring transgender athletes from competing on women's sports teams. Mills replied, "See you in court."

Education Secretary Linda McMahon, who appeared alongside Bondi on
Wednesday, said "I hope Gov. Mills will recognize that her political feud
with the president will deprive the students in her state of much more
than the right to fair sporting events."

The attorney general outlined that the Justice Department had "exhausted
every other remedy," saying it has "repeatedly notified Maine of its infractions and urged them to remedy the situation to protect women."
Bondi noted that the administration has stripped grants to Maine through
other agencies, and would "continue to fight for women."

The federal government said in its lawsuit filed in Maine's federal court
that the state's Department of Education is "openly and defiantly flouting anti-discrimination law by enforcing policies that require girls to
compete against boys in athletic competitions designated exclusively for girls," arguing that the practice violates Title IX's "core
protections."?It cited three examples of boys participating in girls
sports.

"The United States accordingly files this action to stop Maine's
unapologetic sex-discrimination against female student athletes," the
Justice Department said in the lawsuit.

Mills pledged to "vigorously defend our state against the action announced today from the Department of Justice" in a statement Wednesday, arguing
that the fight isn't about women's sports, but "states rights and
defending the rule of law against a federal government bent on imposing
its will."

"Let today serve as warning to all states: Maine might be among the first
to draw the ire of the Federal government in this way, but we will not be
the last," Mills said.

Last week, the state of Maine secured a temporary restraining order
against the Trump administration, blocking the Agriculture Department from "terminating, freezing, or otherwise interfering with the State's access
to federal funds based on alleged Title IX violations without following
the process required by federal statute." The lawsuit was brought by Maine after the Trump administration cut funds for administrative and
technological funds in the state's schools.

The Justice Department's actions against Maine may be followed by similar
moves in other states, Bondi said.

"We're looking at Minnesota, we're looking at California," Bondi said.
"We're looking at many, many states, but they are the top two that should
be on notice."


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