The US Department of Justice announced a lawsuit against the state of Maine for his continued defense against President Donald Trump’s executive order to keep biological men out of girls and women’s sports and violations of title IX.
Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the trial at a press conference on Wednesday morning. It is the latest chapter of the battle between the state and the Trump administration after a federal judge paused a financing freezing initiated by the US Ministry of Agriculture (USDA).
Bondi was gathered at the press conference by Conservative activist Riley Gaines and Fencer Stephanie Turner, who recently drawn viral attention to the question of trans -cluttering in women’s fences with a clip of her kneeling in protest against a trans opponent.
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Attorney General Pam Bondi. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
“The Ministry of Justice will not sit when women are discriminated against in sports,” Bondi said at a press conference. “… what they’ve been through are terrible.”
Pakinomist Digital reached out to Maine Gov. Janet Mills and Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey’s offices for comment.
“We want to get states to comply with us,” Bondi added.
Bondi said they were looking for an injunction and got titles returned to the girls who “rightly” won competitions where Trans athletes participated in.
Turner talked about the Ministry of Justice’s lawsuit against the state to Pakinomist Digital.
“It is sad that this must be a political question, and I think this was a miss of the Democrats of Democrats to get support among the vast majority of the United States.” Turner said of the press conference.
“I am so grateful that we have an administration that takes this question seriously.”
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The announcement of the trial comes almost two months after a notorious hostile exchange between Trump and Mills at a bi-partic meeting of the White House met with governors on February 21. The exchange ended with Trump expressing the phrase “see you in court” after Mills insisted that her state would refuse to comply with his order.
Now Trump’s administration has done well with his promise to take the question to court.
Fencer Stephanie Turner knees in front of a US fence. (Courtesy of icons)
The administration has hammered the state with federal pressure to comply with the issue over the past seven weeks, launching several studies of its educational institutions and even cutting back on the funding from the USDA.
In response, the state has launched its own lawsuit against the administration over the recent USDA cuts, and a federal judge has also ordered that funding cannot be frozen.
The Republican opposition in the state has struggled aggressively against Mills, the majority of the Democrat in the legislature and educational bodies, which has permanently standing in support of trans -cluttering. State representative Laurel Libby has been a central figure in this opposition, after drawing attention to the issue originally with a social media post that identified a trans athlete who won a girls’ polevel competition in February.
Now Libby is happy to see Doj intervene and take litigation against the state.
“Despite repeated warnings from President Trump, Governor Janet Mills and Maine Democrats have continued to discriminate against Maine women and girls prioritize their waking ideology of biological reality. As a result, the Department of Justice has no choice but to intervene against women and girls in sports,” Libby told Pakinomist Digital.
Democratic head of government Janet Mills will be delivering his state address on January 30, 2024 at the State House in Augusta, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
“The Maine Democrats have doubled on their left-left agenda, and now our students and families are ready to lose hundreds of millions in federal funding. Their radical gender ideology brings the continued existence of women’s sports and punishes Maine students against Maine citizens’ will.”
Libby, together with his Republican colleagues, gets to oppose the democratic authority of the state, who defies Trump with several passionate civilians who have talked about the issue in recent months.
A school district in Maine moves to comply with Trump instead of the state during the question. MSAD #70 The school board voted unanimously Monday night to comply with section IX, and Superintendent Tyler Putnam told Pakinomist Digital that he will change the district’s policies to prevent trans athletes from competing in girls’ sports.
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A Maine parent named Nick Blancard recently received national attention after he was cut off at a school board meeting in Main’s capital Augusta while discussing the controversial question and a petition he launched to have a school administrator removed from her attitude to support a transinence decision.
Maine High School student Cassidy Carlisle spoke at a demonstration in Augusta opposite mills on the question and took a trip to the White House to discuss the question in her state on February 27. Carlisle was driven to intervene in the question after losing to a trans athlete in cross country skiing and Nordic ski -competitions. Before that, she had to share a dressing room with a trans athlete six years ago during a high school gym.
As the conflict in Maine has become a national issue, the conservative opposition has also received support from prominent national activists.
Nicole Neily, defense education founder and president, celebrated the decision in a statement to Pakinomist Digital.
“The Ministry of Justice’s lawsuit shows that this administration is serious about prioritizing students’ security – which is a welcome change for parents across the country. Maine has made a deliberate decision to violate the original intention of title IX by allowing male participation in female sports and this act has consequences,” Neily said.
American parents’ coalition director Alleigh Marré told Pakinomist Digital that she believes Trump administration is sending a strong message with this trial.
“This action from the administration sends a clear message to parents who have fought for their daughters ‘private spaces to be protected and for fair athletic competition. Our daughters’ rights and privacy should not be subject to ideological whims. The next generation of girls deserves a world where they are protected and respected,” Marré said.
