U.S. District Court Judge Reed O'Connor, of the Northern District of Texas, on Sunday
blocked an administration policy that would have directed public
schools to allow transgender students use the bathrooms of their choice.
The Judge granted a nationwide injunction stooping the policy from
being enacted just before school resumption.
Judge O'Connor, an appointee of former Republican President
George W. Bush, issued a nationwide injunction blocking the Obama
administration's bathroom guidelines. According to O'Connor, the federal
government failed to provide states with sufficient notice and
opportunity for comment before issuing the guidelines. He said the
guidelines had the effect of law and contradicted existing legislative
and regulatory texts.
The judge’s order was a victory for social conservatives in
the continuing legal battles over the restroom guidelines. However, the
U.S. Department of Justice said in a statement it was disappointed by
the decision and was reviewing its options.
Source: Reuters