Tennessee AG Skrmetti Applauds U.S. District Court Ruling Striking Down Biden-Era HHS Rule on Gender Identity in Healthcare

by Kaitlin Housler | Oct 23, 2025 | Justice, News, Tennessee, The South

Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti applauded a ruling handed down Wednesday by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi striking down a final rule implemented by the Biden administration’s U.S. Department of Health and Human Services...

DOE, DOJ Launch Team to Investigate Gender Ideology in School Programs and Activities

by Zachery Schmidt | Apr 4, 2025 | Justice, National, News

The Departments of Education (DOE) and Justice (DOJ) announced on Friday that they have created a new team to investigate gender ideology in school programs and activities. The Title IX Special Investigations Team will have investigators from both departments. It is...

Author J.K. Rowling Lauds Scene of President Trump Signing Executive Order Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports

by Kaitlin Housler | Feb 6, 2025 | National, News, Politics, Tennessee

J.K. Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter series, lauded the scene at the White House on Wednesday as President Trump, surrounded by young women and girls, signed an executive order banning transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports. Congratulations to...

President Trump Takes Aim at ‘Radical, Anti-American Ideologies’ in Education with New Executive Order

by Christina Botteri | Jan 29, 2025 | Education, National, News, Policy, Politics, Tennessee

On the heels of an executive order expanding education freedom and parental choice in schooling, President Trump on Wednesday signed a separate executive order titled “Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling,” targeting the infiltration of “radical,...

Tennessee AG Celebrates as Federal Court Vacates Biden Administration’s Title IX Rule Nationwide

by Kaitlin Housler | Jan 9, 2025 | Justice, News, Tennessee, The South

Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti applauded a federal court’s order vacating the Biden administration’s Title IX rule nationwide. In April 2024, a lawsuit led by Skrmetti and Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman and joined by the state attorneys...

Federal Judge Grants Tennessee AG’s Request to Block the Education Department’s Title IX Rule from Taking Effect

by Kaitlin Housler | Jun 17, 2024 | Justice, News, Tennessee, The South

A federal judge with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky granted Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti and Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman’s preliminary injunction request to block the Biden Administration’s new Title IX rule...

Tennessee AG Skrmetti Urges Federal Court to Block the Education Department’s Title IX Rule

by Kaitlin Housler | Jun 12, 2024 | Justice, News, Tennessee, The South

Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti and Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman urged a federal judge in Kentucky to block the U.S. Department of Education’s (DOE) finalized rule to rewrite Title IX to encompass gender identity and sexual orientation....

Tennessee Attorney General Leads Lawsuit Challenging HHS Final Rule on Gender Identity Under the Affordable Care Act

by Kaitlin Housler | Jun 1, 2024 | Justice, News, Tennessee, The South

Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti and Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch led a coalition of 13 other states in filing a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) final rule, which redefines the Affordable Care Act’s...