Subject: BREAKING NEWS: Trump administration scraps Obama transgender-rights directive
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Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2017 18:35:17 -0600
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The Trump administration told schools on Wednesday that an Obama directive aimed at protecting the rights of transgender students has given rise to lawsuits and confusion - so it's pulling it back. 

A guidance letter to schools, released by the Justice and Education departments, said the administration has "decided to withdraw and rescind" the Obama directive "in order to further and more completely consider the legal issues involved." 

The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments next month in a case about the rights of a transgender student in a Virginia public high school. On Tuesday night, the Justice Department advised the justices about the federal government policy change - a move which could lead the high court to drop the pending case and leave the legal issue to be resolved at a later date.

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