California was dealt another blow in a lawsuit over gender secrecy policies in schools when a federal judge ordered the state this week to pay the plaintiffs in the case $4.5 million in taxpayer-funded legal fees.Judge Roger Benitez, an appointee of former President George W. Bush, scolded state lawyers in his order for what he said was an "unusual" spree of court motions that forced the parents and teachers who brought the lawsuit to respond to California’s "litigation intransigence."The lawsuit challenged California’s SAFETY Act, which blocked schools from requiring staff to notify parents i...
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