TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Kate Prince on Jul 26, 2022

Attorney General Herbert Slatery is leading a 22-state coalition of attorneys general who are seeking to stop the Biden Administration’s enforcement of federal anti-discrimination laws, WPLN reports. The lawsuit challenges guidance from the USDA’s Food and Nutrition Services (FNS) that recognized protections for LGBT students and employees under Title IX. Under that guidance, any state, local agency or program receiving FNS funds would risk losing funding for discrimination based on gender or sexuality. Slatery released a statement today calling the measure an “expansive and unlawful interpretation of federal antidiscrimination laws.” The coalition is asking the court to declare the USDA memoranda and rule invalid and unlawful and to prohibit enforcement.