Donald Trump vs. Keith Ellison, Title IX rights edition

Last week at the Minnesota State Legislature, a hearing was held on a bill that would prevent biological males from participating in female sports. Alpha News is reporting that "President Donald Trump recently signed an executive order that seeks to keep biological males out of female sports while his Department of Education announced a Title IX investigation into the Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL)."

The article continues, saying "At MSHSL’s request, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison issued a 'formal opinion' Thursday concluding that the league would be in violation of the state’s Human Rights Act were it to comply with the executive order."

Saying that President Trump and Keith Ellison are divisive political figures is understatement. That said, this isn't a fair fight from a legal standpoint. President Trump has the superior argument because he's fighting for Title IX, the landmark legislation that established a platform for girls and women sports. While AG Ellison has the Minnesota Human Rights Act on his side, that's an inferior position because of something called the Supremacy Clause in the U.S. Constitution.

According to Wikipedia:

The Supremacy Clause of the Constitution of the United States (Article VI, Clause 2) establishes that the Constitution, federal laws made pursuant to it, and treaties made under its authority, constitute the "supreme Law of the Land", and thus take priority over any conflicting state laws. It provides that state courts are bound by, and state constitutions subordinate to, the supreme law.
Renee Carlson, the general counsel of True North Legal, testified before a Minnesota House committee. She testified on HF12. Here's a portion of her testimony:

Recently, Ms. Carlson appeared on Liz Collin's podcast on the subject. Here's that interview:

Again, it isn't possible to overstate the fact that the Supremacy Clause is the guiding legal principle on state-federal conflicts. Keith Ellison is wasting Minnesota taxpayers' money fighting a fight he knows he can't win. While I don't see this ruling being unanimous, I see Minnesota losing and winding up with egg all over their faces. Then again, that isn't unusual in the land of Keith Ellison and Tim Walz.

Perhaps we should rename Minnesota in Walz's and Ellison's honor. Perhaps, we should rename it the 'Land of 10,000 Knuckleheads' in honor of Tim Walz's debate performance:

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