A Reuters report stated an analysis by lawyers at the University of California, according to which North Carolina may lose $4.8 billion funds, mostly from the Department of Education, if it does not repeal the Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act, also known as House Bill 2.
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Pat McCrory on Wednesday tried to turn the tables on the federal government’s top prosecutor, U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, by saying her comparison of Jim Crow segregation to his state’s law banning transgender people from certain bathrooms was “an insult”.
Meanwhile, Democratic state legislators introduced legislation Tuesday that would replace HB 2 with state anti-discrimination protections expanded to include people based on sexual orientation, gender identity and marital status. You may also be aware that, next week, Durham will host Moogfest, a national music festival previously held in Asheville. Josh Earnest, the White House press secretary said the supporters of HB2 were “asserting that this mean-spirited law is somehow consistent with the Civil Rights Act and with our values”. The attorney general maintained HB2 is not “the first time that we have seen discriminatory responses to historic moments of progress” and continued to claim that to deny transgender bathroom rights is to “deny what makes [transgender individuals] human”. The Republican presidential presumptive nominee Donald Trump has said he thinks the law is not necessary, but leaves it to the State Government to take a final call on it. Cooper, calling the law discriminatory, has said he will not defend HB2 against lawsuits – a move critics have called politically motivated.
“Our lawsuit seeks to ensure that NC continues to receive federal funding until the courts clarify federal law & resolve this national issue”.
However, the Department’s lawsuit came after McCrory sued the agency in a different federal court in North Carolina, accusing it of “baseless and blatant overreach”. “I am proud of Gov. McCrory’s courage to fight to protect our citizens from Obama administration attacks against (North Carolina)”. The request asks for receipts and correspondence related to McCrory’s travel and lodging.
The dueling lawsuits over North Carolina’s law on bathroom use by transgender people have landed in the hands of three federal judges appointed by Republican presidents, with both sides trying to maneuver into the most favorable courtroom possible.
“Gov. McCrory is now defying the federal government”.
ADL provides resources for educators to discuss transgender and gender non-conforming identity and issues in schools and classrooms “in order to provide a safe, inclusive, and respectful environment for all students”.
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“This was an argument that we didn’t need to have in this country or in our state”, McCrory later said.
