Mary Rohmiller was recently featured on Slate’s Amicus podcast providing her expert insight into the Supreme Court’s recent arguments on transgender student athletes and Title IX. This episode sheds light on legal complexities and what’s at stake for students, schools, and civil rights. Listen here.
Via Slate:
"SCOTUS’ Title IX Pretzel: The conservative justices try to justify discrimination against trans athletes under cover of civil rights law.
Over the course of more than three hours this past Tuesday, the court heard arguments about whether trans student athletes have a right to compete in school sports. In this week’s Amicus Plus bonus episode: an essential explainer of the arguments in Little v Hecox and West Virginia v BPJ from a former Department of Education lawyer who wrote guidance for interpreting Title IX. Now a partner at PLG, Mary Rohmiller authored a key amicus brief in the second case. She explains to Mark some of the major misunderstandings of the law, and how a broad ruling in this case could have devastating implications for all kinds of students.
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