Southwest
Attorney backs Texas school district over Biden administration's Title IX changes: 'We expect to win'
An attorney is confident her client’s lawsuit against the Biden administration will strike down its new Title IX changes as unconstitutional.
“We want and we expect to win the lawsuit and have these rules, this regulation be determined to be unconstitutional because it is unconstitutional,” Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) President and CEO Kristen Waggoner told Fox News Digital.
Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday on behalf of the Texas-based Carroll Independent School District challenging the Biden administration’s updates to Title IX, which expanded protections for LGBTQ+ students. The rule changes, effective Aug. 1, will allow discrimination and harassment claims based on gender identity and sexual orientation.
BIDEN DISMANTLES TRUMP-ERA TITLE IX RULES, SIDESTEPS ISSUE OF TRANS ATHLETES IN GIRLS’ SPORTS
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced his state will not be implementing changes to Title IX protections propagated by President Biden’s administration. (AP Photo/LM Otero) (SUZANNE CORDEIRO / AFP) (Photo by SUZANNE CORDEIRO/AFP via Getty Images)
“We want to see Title IX return to the original intent and what the law actually says, which is that the Title IX law was designed to ensure equal opportunities for women and girls, and at the same time, that law recognizes that to have those equal opportunities, you don’t provide identical treatment to men and women,” Waggoner said.
“In order to provide those equal opportunities, we recognize the enduring differences between men and women and boys and girls,” she continued.
The Department of Education’s overhaul of Title IX of the Educational Amendments Act has caused major backlash, prompting pushback from activists and public officials, including Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, who announced that his state would not be implementing changes to Title IX protections.
More than half of the states, all GOP-led, have filed suits against the Biden administration over the Title IX changes.
GOP LAWMAKERS SLAM BIDEN ADMINISTRATION’S NEW TITLE IX PROTECTIONS FOR ‘GENDER IDENTITY’
ADF is representing five lawsuits, challenging the Biden administration’s reinterpretation and “radical agenda on gender identity,” Five of those are represented by ADF, Waggoner told Fox News Digital.
“I think it just underscores the radical agenda that the Biden administration is putting in place through this rule that is redefining Title IX and the school districts themselves,” she said.
Waggoner said the Title IX changes suggest to school districts that employees could face “firing, punishment, and harm.” She added that students are subject to harm as well “if they don’t go along with this agenda.”
“We want to see Title IX return to the original intent and what the law actually says,” Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) President and CEO Kristen Waggoner told Fox News Digital (iStock)
“That includes schools having to sacrifice their locker rooms, their showers, their privacy, their safety, as well as, obviously, the equal opportunities that come from being able to participate in scholarships and athletic opportunities as well,” Waggoner said.
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The Department of Education sent Fox News Digital a statement saying the department went through a “rigorous process” on the new rules.
“The Department crafted the final Title IX regulations following a rigorous process to give complete effect to the Title IX statutory guarantee that no person experiences sex discrimination in federally-funded education,” the statement reads. “As a condition of receiving federal funds, all federally-funded schools are obligated to comply with these final regulations, and we look forward to working with school communities all across the country to ensure the Title IX guarantee of nondiscrimination in school is every student’s experience.”
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Los Angeles, Ca
Man found guilty of sex trafficking victim along L.A.’s Figueroa Corridor
A former Riverside County man was found guilty of sex trafficking a female victim and forcing her to engage in commercial sex acts along L.A.’s notorious Figueroa Corridor.
Elias Abdul Shabazz, 34, formerly of Perris, was found guilty by a jury following a five-day trial, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.
Prosecutors said Shabazz had led the victim to believe they were in a romantic relationship before he turned physically and sexually violent. He began demanding that the victim engage in commercial sex acts from May to October of 2021, court documents said.
He carried a handgun with him and, on occasion, was accused of using it to pistol-whip the victim. He also fired the gun at her feet while threatening to kill her, prosecutors said.
At trial, the victim said Shabazz demanded that she meet a daily quota of commercial sex proceeds and that she was terrified of the consequences of not meeting that quota.
She testified that Shabazz compelled her to work in the notorious Figueroa Corridor in South L.A., a dangerous area known for human trafficking and prostitution.
Shabazz had confiscated her identification card, Social Security card and birth certificate. He constantly monitored her cell phone to stop her from communicating with any friends or family.
“He also introduced her to addictive narcotics and controlled every aspect of her life, including when she ate, slept and showered,” prosecutors said.
In May 2025, Shabazz was arrested and has remained in federal custody. His last known address at the time was in Washington, D.C.
On June 26, 2026, Shabazz was found guilty of one count of coercing or enticing interstate transportation for purposes of prostitution.
A sentencing hearing is scheduled for Oct. 6, where he faces 15 years to life in prison.
“Sex trafficking matters rank among the most tragic cases our office prosecutes,” said First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli. “This defendant will now face many years in a federal prison cell for his sick, disgusting, and disturbing behavior.”
“Elias Shabazz preyed on a vulnerable victim using physical and sexual violence and cruel psychological coercion to compel commercial sex acts for his own profit,” said Assistant Attorney General A. Tysen Duva of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division. “There is no place for this type of conduct in civilized society. We deeply respect the victim’s courage to face her trafficker in court. The Criminal Division will continue to bring these cases and try them.”
Anyone with information about human trafficking can report tips to the National Human Trafficking Hotline at 888-373-7888
Los Angeles, Ca
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Los Angeles, Ca
Woman ambushed, violently attacked by robber in downtown Long Beach
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