Supreme Court issues stay in transgender bathroom case, blocking teen’s use of boys’ bathroom

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Source: Washington Post

Supreme Court issues stay in transgender bathroom case, blocking teen’s use of boys’ bathroom

By Moriah Balingit
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August 3 at 5:03 PM 

The U.S. Supreme Court issued a stay in a case involving a transgender teen who is suing his school board for the right to use the boys’ bathroom at his Virginia high school, a move that halts a court order that would have allowed the student to use the bathroom of his choice when the school year begins.

High school student Gavin Grimm, 17, sued the school board in Gloucester County, Va., last year after it passed a policy requiring students to use bathrooms corresponding with their “biological sex,” resulting in him being barred from the boys’ bathroom.

Grimm’s lawsuit alleging civil rights violations was initially dismissed, but in April the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit sided with Grimm, saying his case could move forward. It deferred to the Obama administration’s position that barring transgender students from bathrooms that coincide with their gender identity is a violation of Title IX, a federal law that prohibits sex discrimination in public schools.

{Federal appeals court sides with transgender teen, says bathroom case can go forward}

The U.S. District Court judge later granted Grimm a preliminary injunction that would have allowed him to use the boys’ bathroom when school starts this fall. The school board, which plans to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on the case, fought the court order, saying that allowing Grimm to use the boys’ bathroom would disrupt the school and cause irreparable harm to students. The board asked for the high court to halt the court order while it prepares an official request for the Supreme Court to hear the case.


Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/supreme-court-issues-stay-in-transgender-bathroom-case-blocking-teens-use-of-boys-bathroom/2016/08/03/c15edf04-59ba-11e6-9aee-8075993d73a2_story.html

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U.S. Supreme Court ruling means that Gloucester County can prevent a transgender student from using the boys' restroom - for now

Posted: Wednesday, August 3, 2016 4:45 pm

BY LOUIS LLOVIO Richmond Times-Dispatch
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The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that Gloucester County schools can prevent a transgender student from using the boys' restroom when school resumes next month.

The court on Wednesday granted the School Board's request that a preliminary injunction granted by a lower court be stayed until it decides whether to take up the appeal. If the court declines to hear the full case, the stay will be lifted.

Gavin Grimm, a 17-year-old who was born female and identifies as male, is suing the school district for the right to use the boys' restroom after the School Board enacted a policy last year limiting bathroom use to the one corresponding with a person's biological sex rather than the gender with which one identifies. The district made provisions for unisex bathrooms.

The ACLU, which is defending Grimm, has argued that forcing him to use the girls' bathroom is a violation of Title IX, a federal law that prohibits sex discrimination in education, and the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

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[Uponthegears]

1. Not good

[MattP]

2. John Roberts runs the fourth circuit

[yeoman6987]

3. 5-3 decision

[elleng]

6. What do you mean by this?

'Federal appeals court sides with transgender teen, says bathroom case can go forward.'
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/federal-appeals-court-sides-with-trangender-teen-says-bathroom-case-can-go-forward/2016/04/19/6a873b88-f76b-11e5-9804-537defcc3cf6_story.html

[bluestateguy]

4. The double negatives are very hard to read.

nt

[elleng]

5. Right.

It's difficult. It's a procedural decision, not on the merits.

'Justice Stephen G. Breyer signaled he did not support the school board’s emergency appeal, but said he joined the court’s four conservatives as a “courtesy” to put the issue on hold until the justices can review the matter when they return in the fall.

“In light of the facts that four justices have voted to grant the application referred to the court by the chief justice, that we are currently on recess and that granting the stay will preserve the status quo,” he wrote, “I vote to grant the application as a courtesy.”'

http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-court-transgender-20160803-snap-story.html