You may have heard about the Minnesota state court decision ruling that USA Powerlifting must permit the male trans athlete JayCee Cooper to compete as a woman. The decision has been widely reported in the national press. NRO’s Ari Braff, for example, has a story on it here. It is a story that has been reported in outlets including the New York Post, Fox News, NBC News, and UnHerd.
Cooper asserted claims of discrimination against USA Powerlifting under Minnesota civil rights law for not letting him compete as a woman. Ramsey County District Judge Patrick Diamond’s 46-page opinion is accessible online here. Judge Diamond holds USA Powerlifting liable for violating Cooper’s rights under Minnesota civil rights law. He reserves only the question of damages for trial.
You may not have heard about the decision if you get your news from Minnesota’s Star Tribune. As far as I can tell from using its search engine, the Star Tribune has not gotten around to reporting the JayCee Cooper decision on its news pages.
[There’s a lot of that going around. Has the New York Times or Washington Post yet reported on the Cochrane and Lancet studies on masking and naturally acquired immunity in their News sections? Because both of those are over a month old, and as of late last week, the answer was still now. The mainstream media’s motto is All the News That Fits Our Narratives. — Ed]
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