![Spenser Heaps FILE - Misy Sifre, 17, and others protest for transgender rights at the Capitol in Salt Lake City, March 25, 2022. On Tuesday, July 2, 2024, a federal judge in Kansas blocked a federal rule expanding anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ+ students from being enforced in four states, including Utah and a patchwork of places elsewhere across the nation. (Spenser Heaps/The Deseret News via AP, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/65d1c80635b84f68b4a5db9fb47bece8/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
FILE - Misy Sifre, 17, and others protest for transgender rights at the Capitol in Salt Lake City, March 25, 2022. On Tuesday, July 2, 2024, a federal judge in Kansas blocked a federal rule expanding anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ+ students from being enforced in four states, including Utah and a patchwork of places elsewhere across the nation. (Spenser Heaps/The Deseret News via AP, File)
![Carolyn Kaster FILE - John Broomes, nominated to be United States District Judge for the district of Kansas, testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on nominations on Capitol Hill in Washington, Nov. 15, 2017. On Tuesday, July 2, 2024, U.S. District Judge Broomes blocked a federal rule expanding anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ+ students from being enforced in four states and a patchwork of places elsewhere across the nation. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/5deb9eb06aef43759523385c04287941/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
FILE - John Broomes, nominated to be United States District Judge for the district of Kansas, testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on nominations on Capitol Hill in Washington, Nov. 15, 2017. On Tuesday, July 2, 2024, U.S. District Judge Broomes blocked a federal rule expanding anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ+ students from being enforced in four states and a patchwork of places elsewhere across the nation. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File, File)
![John Hanna FILE - Kansas high school students, family members and advocates rally for transgender rights, Jan. 31, 2024, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. On Tuesday, July 2, a federal judge in Kansas blocked a federal rule expanding anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ+ students from being enforced in four states, including Kansas and a patchwork of places elsewhere across the nation. (AP Photo/John Hanna, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/72fd46d44360421ca13482dc573aca36/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
FILE - Kansas high school students, family members and advocates rally for transgender rights, Jan. 31, 2024, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. On Tuesday, July 2, a federal judge in Kansas blocked a federal rule expanding anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ+ students from being enforced in four states, including Kansas and a patchwork of places elsewhere across the nation. (AP Photo/John Hanna, File)