On Wednesday, Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman announced that he had filed a federal lawsuit against New York Attorney General Letitia James after she blocked his ban on trans-identifying biological male athletes in women’s sports and deemed it “blatantly illegal.”
The Long Island politician argued that James‘ actions were unconstitutional, and demanded that he be allowed to enforce the policy he signed into law via an executive order last month.
“What the attorney general is asking us to do is a violation of federal constitutional law and federal statutory law,” Blakeman said, per ABC7. “So our response was to file a lawsuit.”
He went on to suggest that by sending him a cease and desist letter, James was denying “biological females’ right to equal opportunity in athletics” and “right to a safe playing field”
At a press conference announcing the filing of the lawsuit Blakeman was flanked by a 16-year-old female volleyball player and her parents, who are his co-plaintiffs.
“The reason we set forth this policy,” he said, “was because of the unpaid unfair competitive advantage that males have; they are bigger faster and stronger … We’re taking action now because [biological males playing in women’s sports is] happening around the country and we don’t want it to happen here.”
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