Reps. Kiley, Walberg Demand California Interscholastic Federation Stop Defying Federal Law
California resists Trump’s order banning transgender women, girls in school sports
By Katy Grimes, March 20, 2025 8:07 am
Last week, the California Interscholastic Federation held an executive committee meeting and allowed the Coalition of Women and CIF High School Female Athletes to address biological males participating in women and girls sports, the Globe reported from the meeting. They got an earful from women, moms, parents, and female student athletes – primarily about how unsafe it is for female athletes when teen boys and young men are allowed to compete in sports against teen girls and young women, because of the above education code and CIF policy.
One week after the CIF meeting, Congressmen Kevin Kiley (R-CA), and Tim Walberg (R-MI), sent a letter to the California Interscholastic Federation Demanding the California Interscholastic Federation Stop Defying Federal Law:
We write regarding the California Interscholastic Federation’s (CIF) continued defiance of federal law in allowing biological males to compete in female athletics. CIF’s refusal to comply undermines fairness, jeopardizes female athletes’ safety, and contradicts clear federal directives.
CIF must immediately correct its unlawful policies and bring itself fully into compliance. Failure to do so would continue to threaten the safety and fairness of women’s sports, female athletes’ dignity, and the federal funding of all California high schools.
We request a prompt response outlining the actions that CIF is currently taking to comply with federal law and ensure a level playing field for female athletes. The integrity of women’s sports is non-negotiable; you must act to uphold these fundamental protections.
“Today the Chairman of the @EdWorkforceCmte and I sent a letter to the California Interscholastic Federation, demanding answers as to why they continue to defy federal law by allowing biological males to compete in female athletics,” Kiley posted to X Thursday.
The women and student athletes testified because CIF plans on continuing to follow California law, which allows athletes to play on a sports team consistent with their gender identity.
And the CIF is doing this despite President Trump’s Executive Order banning boys who identify as transgender women/girls from college women’s and high school girls’ sports teams.
The governor and state of California haven’t budged from continuing to allow biological males to compete in girls sports – even with the threat of losing federal funding.
The California Interscholastic Federation governs high school sports in California, and has said it follows state law. The Coalition of Women and CIF High School Female Athletes seeking protection of girls’ rights to fair and safe sports appeared before the CIF Executive Committee meeting Thursday on this topic.
“Instead of standing for the rights of women, Biden caved to woke activists who wanted biological males to be treated as women in workplace showers, competitive sports, prisons, and rape shelters,” President Trump’sexecutive order says. “All executive departments and agencies (agencies) shall review grants to educational programs and, where appropriate, rescind funding to programs that fail to comply with the policy established in this order.”
Shortly after President Trump’s order was issued, ABC 10 reported Feb. 7th, “California resists Trump’s order banning transgender women, girls in school sports:”
“A California Interscholastic Federation spokesperson tells ABC10 that CIF plans on continuing to follow California law, which allows athletes to play on a sports team consistent with their gender identity.
“The CIF provides students with the opportunity to belong, connect, and compete in education-based experiences in compliance with California law [Education Code section 221.5. (f)] which permits students to participate in school programs and activities, including athletic teams and competitions, consistent with the student’s gender identity, irrespective of the gender listed on the student’s records,” a spokesperson told ABC10 in an emailed statement.”
“Consistent with their gender identity.” Think about that statement. The children still in K-12 school – kids who eat paste, watch cartoons, and who are dependent on parents for food – kids living under their parents’ roofs, are being allowed by the state of California to determine their gender identity.
The Trump administration this week gave Maine 10 days to bar trans athletes from girls sports because Maine is in violation of Title IX by allowing transgender athletes to compete in girls sports, WGME reported.
This isn’t a trans women vs. biological women competition. This dangerous policy is in fact putting female athletes in harms way. Female athletes are sustaining injuries during athletic events with transgender athletes.
Biological boys who now claim to identify as women, i.e. trans athletes, are actually physically harming female athletes who are forced to compete against them in school sporting events.
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Will I get to see John Becker and his board perp walked on television?
That would be one for the ages!
Glad to see that Rep Kevin Kiley officially brought this outrage to the attention of the Feds.
Notice how these woke jerks insist on breaking the law this way to continue to do something no sane person actually WANTS, and which sane people are strenuously against, for the obvious reasons that it is a stupid and twisted thing to do on its face and that it is clearly dangerous and will injure girls and women who only desire to participate in women’s sports. When .0000000000001% of the wacky (Dem-Marxist) population fights to have biological men participate in girls’ and women’s sports they are not exactly standing on solid ground and they might as well give it up NOW because they will not be allowed to continue this sick practice for much longer.
This is a 90/10 issue (probably more like 99/1) and yet once again the Dems take the losing side against sanity.
Wonder if Republican Congressmen Kevin Kiley and Tim Walberg will be the latest swatting victims? The deep state and the criminal Democrat mafia appear to have unleashed their violent thugs by swatting anyone who dares to oppose their agenda?
(https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2025/03/20/attempted-murder-15-conservatives-targeted-by-swatting-attacks-in-1-week/)
No kidding.
Prediction: California will do the wrong thing. Bonta will give a press conference and spew something about “California values” claiming this is the civil rights issue for the ages. They will find a district court judge who will rule in their favor and maybe issue a “nationwide injunction” enjoining the federal government from banning trans athletes. Like everything else, it will end up in the Supreme Court further delaying anything happening.
The Supreme Court is likely do nothing to stop these Democrat activist district court judges? It appears that Supreme Court Justice John Roberts and DC Judge James Boasberg have a cozy relationship. Supreme Court Justice John Roberts immediately jumped into action to defend his friend and colleague. Have you ever seen Justice Roberts respond so quickly? The reason is the relationship between him and Boasberg. From the Conservative Treehouse:
“John Roberts appointed Boasberg to be presiding judge of the FISA court after Judge Rosemary Collyer’s term was over. In the aftermath of the DOJ manipulating the FISA court to attack President Trump, Chief Justice Roberts needed Boasberg to protect the FISC. As a result, Boasberg sat at the epicenter of some of the worst DC judicial decisions ever. Including the precedent of forcing VP Mike Pence to testify in a grand jury against the accused, President Donald Trump. Simultaneously, Boasberg did everything he could to fulfill his commitment to Roberts, even appointing Mary McCord, wife of Roberts’ senior staff Sheldon Snook, to be amicus to the court.
Yes, Roberts will protect Boasberg, because Boasberg -who Roberts appointed to be presiding judge of the FISC- has major leverage over Roberts. Boasberg has assembled his shields over years, and CTH has outlined every step. The brutally obvious began surfacing when Boasberg appointed Mary McCord as amicus to the FISC.
[strong probability McCord is active CIA]. McCord’s husband, Sheldon Snook, was the key staff of Roberts and almost certainly the leaker of the Dobbs decision. Chief Justice Roberts had to hide that reality (which he did after the US Marshal investigation) because it put the leak inside his office. Boasberg knows this (and other stuff) and Roberts reacts to eyes on Boasberg from a defensive posture.”
(https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2025/03/18/president-trump-goes-scorched-earth-on-judge-boasberg-chief-justice-john-roberts-defends-boasberg/#more-270208)
Good stuff TJ. Thank you.
I don’t doubt that this — or something like it —- will happen AT ALL.