The Daily Signal - Court Saves Title IX, California Wildfire Rages On, Banks Leave Net-Zero Banking Alliance | Jan. 9

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Starting point is 00:00:25 We'd love to talk, business. Today, a district court ruled a victory for women's sports. I'm Elizabeth Mitchell. This is the Daily Signals Top News in 10 for Thursday, January 9th. A federal district court in Kentucky issued a decision Thursday in state of Tennessee versus Cardona that blocks the Biden administration's attempt to change the meaning of sex in Title IX. The Department of Education under the Biden-Harris administration issued new rules reinterpreting Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972.

Starting point is 00:01:09 a law that bars discrimination on the basis of sex in education. The changes announced on April 29th would have forced gender ideology on Americans in the name of prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. Today's district court ruling in Kentucky applies nationwide, as well as to every part of the Biden Title IX rule. The rule is completely invalidated and cannot be enforced by the U.S. Department of Education. Heritage Foundation legal expert Sarah Partial Perry joins us to discuss. Sarah, what are the effects of this ruling? Well, this is actually a pretty extraordinary ruling on the judge's part, Judge Reeves part out of the Eastern District of Kentucky. He actually

Starting point is 00:01:51 didn't enjoin the rule. He didn't suspend the rule. That is generally what we've seen coast to coast and much of this federal litigation. He went a step further in issuing what's called a vacator of the rule. That essentially has the pull-in effect as though the rule had never itself been published. And this is vacator of a rule that now applies coast to coast, which means even though the federal litigation, 426 states, a variety of membership organizations and some private plaintiffs has yielded favorable, but some different results, this has the effect of literally turning off the rule until this particular disposition is reviewed and ruled on by the Supreme court. Now, that may take months, but a vacator of a rule is a destruction of a rule. It's not a

Starting point is 00:02:42 suspension. It doesn't put the rule on hold. This was, like I said, a pretty extraordinary remedy, but for those of us who've been watching keenly for some time, this was, I think, the most gratifying outcome to date. Excellent. What does this mean for women and girls' sports and private spaces? So there are really, I think, a number of beneficial outcomes. Remember that the administrative had issued two rules previously, one that was more fulsome and was ostensibly not related to athletics, and then a secondary rule that has since been rescinded, related to athletics alone. But that was really a head fake. In fact, the secondary rule conflicted with the primary rule and was not well received by people on the left or the right side of the political spectrum.

Starting point is 00:03:30 Instead, what they did was roll sort of through back door. manipulation of regulation language, the inclusion of the sports aspect by talking about all extracurricular activities, including athletics. Now, many people were not paying attention to the 1,500 page regulation when it dropped, but athletics was indeed included. So what this has done with a vacator of the rule has said that for every woman, every girl who is in a federally funded education program in the country. They now get back the status quo. Now they are protected under Title IX as they have been for 52 years. Their private spaces, locker rooms, dorm rooms, sports teams, housing accommodations are now back to square one. And it is if the Biden administration

Starting point is 00:04:25 had never issued the Title IX rule in the first place. Title IX was with the stroke of a pen and a lot of bureaucratic red tape, completely done away with by the Biden administration. And that's what makes today's ruling so significant. Wow. Well, thank you so much for that background. That's super fascinating. How a wonderful afternoon. Thank you so much for having me. As California residents continue to suffer from the raging wildfires in Los Angeles County, Republicans are raising questions about potential mismanagement. Hundreds of fire hydrants were stolen from the ground for scrap metal prior to the fires.

Starting point is 00:05:06 seems to highlight the local government's challenges in maintaining order and infrastructure. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, who has been away on a taxpayer-funded trip to Africa as a member of a Biden administration delegation recently cut the fire department's budget by $17.6 million. Bass avoided questions from reporters about her role in the management of the fires. Do you owe citizens an apology for being absent while their homes were burning? Do you regret cutting the fire department budget by millions of dollars? Madam Mayor. Have you nothing to say today? Have you absolutely nothing to say to the citizens today?

Starting point is 00:05:47 Elon Musk says that you're utterly incompetent. Are you considering your position? Madam Mayor, have you absolutely nothing to say to the citizens today who are dealing with this disaster? No apology for them? Do you think you should have been visiting Ghana while this was unfolding back home? Much of L.A. County remains under a red flag warning through Friday night. The Palisades fire has burned 17,234 acres and numerous homes, businesses, and landmarks in Pacific Palisades, and westward along Pacific Coast Highway, toward Malibu. The Eaton fire has burned 10,600 acres and numerous structures in Altadena and Pasadena. The sunset fire has burned another 42 acres, while the Hearst Fire has burned 855 acres. Six of America's biggest banks left the United Nations Net Zero Banking Alliance within the same month. The timing seems to coincide with the election of Donald Trump. Goldman Sachs first withdrew from the alliance in December, followed by Wells Fargo. By New Year's Eve, Citigroup and Bank of America had left, followed by Morgan Stanley on January 6th, and J.P. Morgan on January 7th.

Starting point is 00:07:08 A J.P. Morgan spokesperson said in a statement that the bank will continue to work independently to advance the interest of our firm, our shareholders, and our clients and remain focused on pragmatic solutions to help further low-carbon technologies while advancing energy security. The banks joined the Alliance years ago with the intention of requiring environmental social governance standards across their platforms, products, and systems. Only three U.S. banks now remain in the NZBA. Those are Amalgated Bank, Arezzi Bank, and Climate First Bank. None of these have the global influence of their larger counterparts. The Alliance's membership started to decline as Trump said, he would increase domestic oil and natural gas production and promised to go after woke companies. The bank also announced a departure two years after 19 state attorneys general started an investigation into them for alleged deceptive trade practices connected to ESG.

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Starting point is 00:08:32 Try them now and have a smooth night. Now let's hit our news flash for the day. Former President Jimmy Carter's funeral service was today at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. The Two-Hour service featured a eulogy from President Joe Biden. Carter's grandsons, Josh and Jason, also delivered tributes. Steve Ford, who is the son of former President Gerald Ford, whom Carter beat in the 1976 presidential election, delivered a eulogy written by his late father.

Starting point is 00:09:05 The son of former Vice President Walter Mondale, Ted Mondale, also read a eulogy written by his late father. Carter's former aide, Stu Eisenstadt, detailed Carter's president, presidential record. Freshman Representative Brandon Gill of Texas introduced his first bill in Congress Thursday to reinstate Donald Trump's Remain in Mexico policy. If passed, the bill would restore a policy from Trump's first term that required all asylum seekers coming from Mexico to stay there until their asylum hearing in an American court. President Joe Biden immediately reversed this policy upon taking office in 2021. As Gill's first introduced bill, the Remain in Mexico Act serves to position him,

Starting point is 00:09:49 as a firm ally of Trump on immigration, one of the central issues of Trump's 2024 campaign. Democratic fundraising platform Act Blue may have raked in millions through fraudulent donations, according to the testimonies of elderly Americans who said federal election records do not reflect their actual giving. 18 registered Democrats in Connecticut all over the age of 70 appear to have donated $1.9 million to Democratic causes, including Act Blue, through hundreds of thousands of small donations from 2016 to 2024. This is according to a review of federal election commission filings shared with the Daily Signal by Dominic Rapini, a cybersecurity company CEO and former Connecticut Republican candidate for office. Several of the supposed donors told Rapini they did not make any of the

Starting point is 00:10:36 reported donations, nor did they know anything about how their names were being used. That's all for this episode of the Daily Signals, Top News Intent. Don't forget to hit that subscribe button so you never miss out on new episodes of Top News Intent. or our weekend Deep Dive Interview Edition. And please help us reach more listeners by leaving a five-star rating interview. We enjoy getting your feedback. Today's episode was edited by Brian Gottstein and produced by John Pomp. Thank you so much for tuning in this afternoon.

Starting point is 00:11:07 Have a wonderful night and we'll be back with you tomorrow at 5 p.m.

The Daily Signal - Court Saves Title IX, California Wildfire Rages On, Banks Leave Net-Zero Banking Alliance | Jan. 9

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