No. 16-273 In the Supreme Court of the United States ________________________________ GLOUCESTER COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD, Petitioner, v. G.G., BY HIS NEXT FRIEND AND MOTHER, DEIRDRE GRIMM, Respondent. ________________________________ On Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ________________________________ BRIEF OF AMICUS CURIAE WILLIAM J. BENNETT IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONER AND REVERSAL ________________________________ CHARLES J. COOPER Counsel of Record DAVID H. THOMPSON JOHN D. OHLENDORF COOPER & KIRK, PLLC 1523 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 (202) 220-9600
[email protected] Counsel for Amicus Curiae January 10, 2017 i TABLE OF CONTENTS Page TABLE OF AUTHORITIES ....................................... ii INTEREST OF AMICUS CURIAE............................ 1 SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT .................................... 1 ARGUMENT .............................................................. 4 I. The Text and Legislative History of Title IX Make Clear that Congress Understood and Intended “Sex” To Refer to an Immutable Physiological Characteristic, Not an Individual’s Self-Reported “Internal Sense of Gender.” ............................. 5 A. Text. ....................................................... 5 B. History. ................................................ 11 II. The Department’s Revisionist Interpreta- tion of the Term “Sex” in Title IX and Its Implementing Regulations Creates Severe Practical Difficulties and Opportunities for Abuse. ......................................................