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Multiple women’s college volleyball teams forfeit matches rather than face male opponent

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By Sarah Holliday

Southern Utah, Boise State, and Wyoming universities forfeited women’s volleyball matches against San José State over the inclusion of a male on the female team, sparking Christian non-profit Concerned Women for America to launch a lawsuit against San José State.

Both Southern Utah University (SUU) and Boise State University’s (BSU) female volleyball teams made the decision to refuse competing against a team with a male-born player.

San José State University’s (SJSU) Blaire Fleming (born Brayden Fleming) is the 6’1 biological male competing on the SJSU female volleyball team – the individual various outlets have attributed to the school’s undefeated winning streak. However, after reassessing their initial decision, the University of Wyoming (UW) has added itself to the list of schools demanding fairness and safety in women’s sports.

When UW first learned of the transgender-identifying opponent, they first decided to move forward  with their October 5 game. But not long after BSU chose to forfeit, “It appears [UW] … had a change-of-heart,” wrote OutKick’s Dan Zaksheske in response to the team announcing they would, in fact, not compete.

SUU was the first school to opt out of play against SJSU in a preseason matchup and BSU was the first to cancel conference play. Both teams did not explicitly state their reason for forfeiting, and UW also kept their public statement vague. They shared in a statement from Tuesday:

After a lengthy discussion, the University of Wyoming will not play its scheduled conference match against San Jose State University. Per Mountain West Conference policy, the conference will record the match as a forfeit and a loss for Wyoming.

But as Zaksheske added, “While Wyoming is the latest school to cancel a match against San Jose State, don’t be surprised if more schools follow suit.”

It turns out SJSU chose to initially hide the fact that Fleming is a biological male – from both his own teammates and other competitors. This reality, alongside an increasing number of colleges refusing to compete, has not merely sparked controversy, but action as well.

The conservative Christian non-profit Concerned Women for America (CWA) has filed a complaint against SJSU. “We want to protect the integrity of women’s sports but also the safety of these female athletes,” said Macy Petty, a CWA legislative assistant and a NCAA volleyball athlete.

According to Petty, the issue is rooted in the fact that “many of these schools were unaware that there was a male athlete on” the female team. “We just want to make sure that these schools know exactly what is going on in this athletic program because the NCAA and SJSU had not previously given them the decency to even let them know what was happening.”

In a comment to The Washington Stand, Doreen Denny, CWA senior advisor, stated, “What is happening in NCAA women’s volleyball is a game changer.” As she went on to say, this is the first time we’re seeing “NCAA member institutions … taking a stand against the NCAA’s trans athlete policy that directly discriminates against female athletes and are upholding the integrity of women’s sports.”

CWA CEO Penny Nance also praised UW’s decision in a statement, emphasizing her gratitude that the university “has taken seriously the issues of unfairness and discrimination against female athletes when males compete in women’s sports.” She added, “No NCAA member institution should have to be making this choice.”

In addition to CWA’s complaint, former University of Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines has filed a lawsuit against SJSU. Included as a plaintiff in this lawsuit is Brooke Slusser, a player on the SJSU volleyball team. The document reads:

Due to the NCAA’s Transgender Eligibility Policies which permit Fleming to play on the SJSU women’s volleyball team and which led to SJSU recruiting Fleming, giving Fleming a scholarship, and allowing Fleming to be in positions to violate Brooke’s right to bodily privacy, Brooke has suffered physical and emotional injuries, embarrassment, humiliation, emotional distress, mental anguish and suffering.

In comments shared with OutKick, Slusser said, “It’s crazy to say, but it was an easy decision for me to join because it’s something I truly believe in.… This is something that so many people do care about. It’s just that so many people are scared to talk about it.”

“While these schools have not given a full explanation for their decisions to forfeit matches against San Jose State University,” concluded Denny, “their actions are speaking louder than words.”

This article is reprinted with permission from the Family Research Council, publishers of The Washington Stand at washingtonstand.com.

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President Donald Trump has declared all pardons issued by the Biden administration null and void, citing concerns that they were executed using an autopen rather than personally signed by Biden. The move has sparked immediate legal and political debate.

Key Details:

  • Trump asserted that the use of an autopen to sign pardons renders them invalid.
  • The decision could impact numerous individuals who received clemency during Biden’s presidency.
  • Legal experts are divided on whether Trump has the authority to reverse previously granted pardons.

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President Donald Trump has taken the unprecedented step of voiding all pardons issued under the Biden administration, claiming they were not lawfully executed due to the use of an autopen—a device that mechanically reproduces a person’s signature. Trump’s decision, announced early Monday, is already setting up a legal battle over the extent of presidential authority regarding clemency.

“The Constitution requires a president to personally grant pardons, and that didn’t happen under Joe Biden,” Trump stated. “We have evidence that many of these so-called pardons were nothing more than rubber-stamped approvals using an autopen.”

The decision could affect hundreds of individuals who received clemency from Biden, raising questions about whether those pardoned would be forced to return to prison or face additional legal proceedings. Trump’s administration has reportedly ordered a full review of all clemency actions taken between 2021 and 2025.

Legal scholars are divided on the issue. Some argue that the use of an autopen has been a common practice in modern presidencies and does not necessarily invalidate a pardon. Others contend that Trump’s action could set a new precedent for challenging the legitimacy of previous administrations’ executive decisions.

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Trump calls out Biden’s autopen use, claims his executive orders may not be ‘valid’

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“We gathered every document we could find with Biden’s signature over the course of his presidency,” reads a Heritage Oversight post on X.

“All used the same autopen signature except for the announcement that the former president was dropping out of the race last year.”

President Donald J. Trump on Sunday renewed attention on allegations some of Joe Biden’s executive orders and pardons may not be valid due to his cognitive decline, as Trump posted on Truth Social images of the most recent commanders in chief, with Biden’s official portrait displaying an autopen signature device.

On Friday during his address at the U.S. Justice Department headquarters in Washington, Trump voiced his concerns out loud about Biden’s use of the autopen, saying:

“Crooked Joe Biden got us into a real mess with Russia and everything else he did, frankly, but he didn’t know about it, and he, generally speaking, signed it with autopen. So how would he know? …

 

“Who’s doing this? When my people come up … [and say], ‘Sir, this is an executive order.’ They explain it to me. And 90% of the time I sign it and 99% of the time, I say, ‘Do it,’ but they come up and I sign it, but you don’t use autopen.”

“No. 1, it’s disrespectful to the office. No. 2, maybe it’s not even valid, because, you know, who’s getting him to sign? He had no idea what the hell he was doing. If he did, all of these bad things wouldn’t be happening.

 

“We gathered every document we could find with Biden’s signature over the course of his presidency,” reads a Heritage Oversight post on X.

“All used the same autopen signature except for the announcement that the former president was dropping out of the race last year.”

 

 

The controversy has led Republican Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey to urge Attorney General Pam Bondi to probe the matter.

“I am demanding the DOJ investigate whether President Biden’s cognitive decline allowed unelected staff to push through radical policy without his knowing approval,” Bailey said.

 

Trump’s daughter-in-law Lara Trump, the former co-chair of the Republican National Committee and current Fox News host, told journalist Benny Johnson that Biden’s entire presidency was orchestrated, and that he wasn’t aware of anything he was signing.

“It’s all been fake,” Lara Trump said. “The signatures were fake. The hype around Kamala Harris was fake. Joe Biden being OK, fake. His Oval Office, [Trump counsel] Alina Habba the other day, exposed … remember the set that we used to see him on? It’s fake!”

“It’s just all been orchestrated and planned. And we as Americans honestly are lucky that nothing worse happened to this country over the past four years. Who the hell was in charge? I don’t know. That is terrifying to know they’re just using autopens. Literally, Benny, anyone could have signed anything for Joe Biden.”

 

“This is why nobody wants to be a part of this party, ’cause it’s all phony, it’s all smoke and mirrors, it’s all fake. And people want authenticity. They can smell phony from a mile away.”

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