The Department of Justice is suing North Carolina over its same-sex bathroom law
Associated Press/Emery P. Dalesio
The law, signed by Governor Pat McCrory in March, prevents local governments in North Carolina from passing nondiscrimination ordinances, and bans transgender people from using the bathroom that corresponds with their gender identity.
The state of North Carolina, McCrory, the state's Department of Public Safety, and the University of North Carolina were named as defendants in the lawsuit.
According to a statement from the Justice Department, the law is in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, Title IX of the Education Acts Amendment of 1972, and the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act, all of which bar discrimination based on sex.
Speaking at a press conference, Attorney General Loretta Lynch called the law "impermissably discriminatory," and compared the struggle transgender Americans are facing to civil-rights battles against women and African-Americans.
"It was not so very long ago that states, including North Carolina, had signs above restrooms, water fountains and on public accommodations keeping people out based upon a distinction without a difference," she said.
'We stand with you," Attorney General Lynch tells the transgender community. "History is on your side." https://t.co/WGW6etemNL
Lynch made it clear that the law puts North Carolina, and particularly the 17-school University of North Carolina system, at risk of losing federal funding. Some have estimated the potential losses in funding as high as $1.4 billion.
Earlier Monday, North Carolina sued the federal government for mandating the state abandon the law.
- 10 breathtaking road trips for family summer vacation in India
- CBSE Class 10 board exam results declared
- New "fiery" exoplanet discovered, found to display volcanic activity like Jupiter's Io
- OnePlus Nord CE 4 Lite to launch soon in India – expected price, specs and everything we know so far
- CBSE Class 12 results: 87.98% students pass exams, girls outshine boys
- Nothing Phone (2a) blue edition launched
- JNK India IPO allotment date
- JioCinema New Plans
- Realme Narzo 70 Launched
- Apple Let Loose event
- Elon Musk Apology
- RIL cash flows
- Charlie Munger
- Feedbank IPO allotment
- Tata IPO allotment
- Most generous retirement plans
- Broadcom lays off
- Cibil Score vs Cibil Report
- Birla and Bajaj in top Richest
- Nestle Sept 2023 report
- India Equity Market