Trump leaves the school bathroom

Published February 24, 2017 5:01am ET



President Trump on Wednesday withdrew guidelines issued last year by President Obama requiring public schools to allow transgender students to use the bathrooms and locker rooms of their choice.

With typical heavy-handedness, Obama threatened to withhold federal funds from schools that did not comply. Thirteen states challenged the order and a federal judge stopped it with an injunction in August. The court noted that the administration hadn’t gone through a required formal public review and argued that states and local schools should be the ones to make these decisions without interference from the feds.

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