North Carolina, Justice Dept. file dueling lawsuits over ‘bathroom bill’

[itsApril]

It's On!  HB2 is going to litigation.

North Carolina, Justice Dept. file dueling lawsuits over 'bathroom bill'

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/05/09/north-carolina-justice-dept-face-monday-deadline-for-bathroom-bill/

By Mark Berman and Sarah Larimer
May 9, 2016
The Washington Post

"BREAKING: The Justice Department filed a lawsuit Monday afternoon against North Carolina, stating that the state's controversial bathroom law violates civil rights. According to the complaint, filed Monday in federal court, the bathroom measure violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

"North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory filed a lawsuit Monday against the U.S. Department of Justice, asking a federal court to rule that its so-called "bathroom law" is not discriminatory."

[Tysilio]

Pass the popcorn. This is going to be fun.

[stephaniec]

Pat McCrory Sues Obama Administration Over Anti-Trans Law

http://www.advocate.com/politics/2016/5/09/pat-mccrory-sues-obama-administration-over-anti-trans-law

The Advocate/BY LUCAS GRINDLEY MAY 09 2016 11:27 AM EDT

[Colleen M]

And apparently UNC is now saying, "What HB2?  We're going to act 'in compliance with federal law' here." 

I have to respect them for it, but I'm curious how that will turn out since education funding is a major lever. 

[RobynD]

And apparently UNC is now saying, "What HB2?  We're going to act 'in compliance with federal law' here." 

I have to respect them for it, but I'm curious how that will turn out since education funding is a major lever.

Highway funding and public safety funding too. States are very poor defenders of civil rights, i am glad we have a strong federal government and have since the 19th century.

UNC and NC businesses need to continue to put pressure on the state politicians to do what is right and stop this nonsense.

[Colleen M]

Highway funding and public safety funding too. States are very poor defenders of civil rights, i am glad we have a strong federal government and have since the 19th century.

UNC and NC businesses need to continue to put pressure on the state politicians to do what is right and stop this nonsense.

Definitely other levers available, but I have to wonder if their approach will get UNC continued funding...or if the governor will steal any of what they did get so he could fund other projects. 

[cindianna_jones]

I'm with Tysilio on this one. This IS going to be fun. And in an election year too! Bring out the votes AND the popcorn!

[itsApril]

George Wallace is remembered as one of history's great villains for being the governor who "stood in the schoolhouse door" trying to block racial integration of public schools in the South.  Fifty years later, Pat McCrory follows Wallace by "standing in the bathroom door" to persecute TG people.  Pathetic.

Karl Marx once wrote that every major figure in a way appears twice in history, "the first time as tragedy, and the second time as farce." The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte, 1852.