 Enforcement of a federal rule expanding anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ plus students has been blocked in four states and a patchwork of places elsewhere by a federal judge in Kansas. U.S. District Judge John Broome suggested in his ruling Tuesday that the Biden administration must now consider whether forcing compliance remains worth the effort. Broome's decision was the third against the rule from a federal judge in less than three weeks, but more sweeping than others. It applies in Alaska, Kansas, Utah, and Wyoming, which sued over the new rule.