Trump admin sues Maine over transgender athletes
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Source: USA Today/Reuters
Updated April 16, 2025, 11:27 a.m. ET
WASHINGTON − Attorney General Pam Bondi announced legal action against Maine for refusing to ban transgender athletes from participating in women's and girls' sports marking an escalation of President Donald Trump's conflict with the northeastern state. "We believe they are failing to protect women, and it's not only an issue in sports. It is a public safety issue," Bondi said at a press conference.
Joined by other administration officials and anti-trans activists, Bondi said the federal suit underscores the importance of Title IX, the federal law prohibiting discrimination based on sex in educational institutions. The attorney generation said the Pine Tree State's leadership had refused multiple attempts to enforce the law. "We are also considering whether to retroactively pull all the funding that they have received for not complying in the past," Bondi said in her April 16 announcement.
The lawsuit comes five days after the administration tried to cut off all of Maine's federal funding for public schools and its school lunch program over the issue, following a February 21 meeting of Trump and a group of U.S. governors where he clashed with Maine's Democratic governor, Janet Mills. At the meeting, Trump threatened to withhold funding from Maine if the state refused to comply with an executive order he had signed barring transgender women from participating in girls' and women's sports.
His threat prompted Mills to reply: "We're going to follow the law, sir. We'll see you in court." Mills said in a statement Wednesday the suit was an "expected salvo" in an unprecedented campaign to pressure the state and abandon the rule of law. "This matter has never been about school sports or the protection of women and girls, as has been claimed, it is about state's rights and defending the rule of law against a federal government bent on imposing its will, instead of upholding the law," Mills said.
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WASHINGTON − Attorney General Pam Bondi on Wednesday was due to unveil legal action against Maine, in an escalation of President Donald Trump's conflict with the state for refusing to ban transgender athletes from participating in women's and girls' sports.
The lawsuit comes five days after the administration tried to cut off all of Maine's federal funding for public schools and its school lunch program over the issue, following a February 21 meeting of Trump and a group of U.S. governors where he clashed with Maine's Democratic governor, Janet Mills.
At the meeting, Trump threatened to withhold funding from Maine if the state refused to comply with an executive order he had signed barring transgender athletes from participating in girls' and women's sports. His threat prompted Mills to reply: "We're going to follow the law, sir. We'll see you in court."
Trump frequently railed against transgender athletes while on the campaign trail. His executive order has been praised by supporters who say it will restore fairness, while critics say the directive infringes on the rights of a tiny minority of athletes. Out of 510,000 athletes competing at the collegiate level, fewer than 10 publicly identify as transgender, NCAA President Charlie Baker said in January.
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