Ladies and gentlemen, the State of Minnesota:
Really no surprise that this was a unanimous decision. These are all Democrat-appointed judges ... in Minnesota.
This was a trans-identifying male trying to participate in WOMEN'S POWERLIFTING! The event was held in 2018. JayCee Cooper, the athlete at hand, says USA Powerlifting violated the Minnesota Human Rights Act, which could technically be true.
Here's part of the ruling:
The court's ruling said 'USA Powerlifting's policy at the time of the decision was to categorically exclude transgender women from competing in the women's division.'
'Because USA Powerlifting's facially discriminatory policy provides direct evidence of discriminatory motive, there is no genuine issue of material fact as to whether Cooper's transgender status actually motivated USA Powerlifting's decision to prohibit Cooper from competing. We therefore reverse the part of the court of appeals' decision on this issue," Chief Justice Natalie Hudson wrote in Wednesday's opinion.
'We agree with Cooper that USA Powerlifting's policy is discriminatory on its face; there is therefore no genuine dispute that USA Powerlifting discriminated against Cooper because of her transgender status.'
Part of the case was sent back to a lower court as well. This to determing if USA Powerlifting had a "legitimate business purpose" for excluding the trans-identifying male athlete.
A USA Powerlifting attorney called this a "partial victory for both sides."
I'll leave this right here:
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