The southern state in March passed a law known as HB2 that requires transgender people to use public restrooms corresponding to the sex on their birth certificate.
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That law removes local legal protections for LGBTI people and prohibits transgender people from using public facilities that correspond to their gender identity.
“HB2 is a hateful piece of legislation that has not only harmed thousands of people across North Carolina, but hurt companies and damaged the state’s economy”, said HRC President Chad Griffin.
A partner in Gibson Dunn’s Washington, D.C. office, Mr. Olson served as Solicitor General of the United States from 2001-2004 and is widely recognized as one of the nation’s premier appellate advocates.
Joining Olson on the brief will be partners Ted Boutrous and Matt McGill, who also worked on the California case.
Sir Elton John is the latest celebrity to weigh in on North Carolina’s controversial bathroom law, penning an essay for The Hill about what he calls a “discriminatory bill”. “The only danger here is that transgender people in North Carolina will suffer serious and lasting damage because of this law”. The administration has said the law violates the Civil Rights Act. Other studies have estimated the figures are lower, varying from $77 million to $200 million.
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The San Jose City Council resolution suggests that the city bans all non-essential city travel and business to those two states, and also to refrain from buying goods headquartered there until there’s a change to “overturn existing discriminatory policies on sexual orientation”. The group noted that Olson has argued 62 cases at the Supreme Court-and that is likely where this fight over North Carolina bathrooms is heading.
