US Justice Department asks judge to block transgender law

Trump had said in April that he thought North Carolina made a big mistake passing the highly-controversial House Bill 2.

Republican leaders have said repeal is not an option.

Trump told Fox News of the directive: ‘Well, it’s not fine.

Tuesday’s motion argues that the anti-trans provisions of HB 2 run afoul of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 19674, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, and the Violence Against Women Act, as it was reauthorized in 2013. ‘I would generally speaking leave it to the states to decide.

In the Tuesday filing in one of several lawsuits over HB 2, the Justice Department asked for “a preliminary injunction halting compliance with and implementation of H.B. 2”.

Pat McCrory (R) signed into law earlier this year, bars transgender people from using public bathrooms designated for the gender with which they identify and bans municipalities from passing their own LGBT anti-discrimination policies.

“It probably means that we’re going to have to come back for a special session because we’re going to lose the All-Star Game if we don’t”, Sgro, who is executive director of the gay rights group Equality North Carolina, said in a phone interview. However, every year, lawmakers write a “technical corrections” bill…

“Excluding transgender men and women from bathroom and changing facilities consistent with their gender identity causes significant and irreparable physical, psychological, economic, social and stigmatic harm to transgender people”, the Justice Department adds. It also compels the same type of discrimination against transgender people to take place in publicly-owned buildings, including in public universities, major airports, and convention centers.

The state’s lawsuit said the Justice Department’s position is “a baseless and blatant overreach”.

North Carolina’s courts all reside under the Fourth District, so you could connect the two and figure the District Court should follow the higher court’s ruling. Conventions have withdrawn from the state, taking substantial revenue with them, and the Charlotte Chamber said in May that HB2 has cost the Mecklenburg area alone $285 million and 1,300 jobs.