SIXTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS HANDS PARENTS DEFENDING EDUCATION A DEFEAT IN A CASE SIMILAR TO PDE'S LAWSUIT AGAINST THE CROTON-HARMON DISTRICT

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MICHAEL BALTER 7/31/2024

Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals hands Parents Defending Education a defeat in a case similar to PDE’s lawsuit against the Croton-Harmon district. Use/misuse of pronouns is a major issue in the case.

In a 2-1 ruling involving an Ohio school district, the court declined to give PDE a preliminary injunction against policies designed to prevent harassment of transgender students.

As most readers will know, this June the conservative organization Parents Defending Education filed suit against the Croton-Harmon school district in an effort to block enforcement of all of the district’s anti-harassment, anti-bullying, anti-racist, and DEI policies. Earlier this month, U.S. district judge Cathy Seibel dismissed the case on the grounds that PDE did not have legal “standing” to file it in the first place, mainly because it relied on anonymous parents as plaintiffs. PDE is now appealing that decision to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, our local federal appellate court. READ MORE AT Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals hands Parents Defending Education a defeat in a case similar to PDE’s lawsuit against the Croton-Harmon district. Use/misuse of pronouns is a major issue in the case. (substack.com)