My dude,
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You'd really have to discount everything up the self-determination quote, seize on that, and assume authoritarianism advocacy. You'd nearly have to want to see it to leap there.
Foremost, I'm glad the admin is taking this on.
It was always going to be a court case. If they make a shite case, they'll lose; I obviously hope they make a sterling case because I think it simply wrong, from any angle. And I think a case - whether funds, a charge of violating IX rule or anti-discrimination law - a better prospect than you do
with the intent of the rule restored. The Women's Sports Foundation has a number of examples:
issues-related-to-girls-and-boys-competing-with-and-against-each-other-in-sports-and-physical-activity-settings-the-foundation-position.pdf.
What if the court ultimately finds against the WH or DOJ? Then I'll think the court is on the wrong side of the issue, and hope Mainers force revocation of their law. But pending that, or a better-presented case, it's dead. There's literally been no - and will be no - avenue for authoritarianism to travel. GTFO with claiming it. As stated earlier, like it or hate it, there are strings attached to Fed $.