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North Carolina FIGHTS BACK, Sues Feds Over Transgender Bathroom Ultimatum

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Casey Harper
May 9, 2016 11:13 AM ET

North Carolina Republican Governor Pat McCrory filed a lawsuit against the federal government Monday for its “baseless and blatant overreach” in threatening to revoke federal funding if the state didn’t nix its transgender bathroom law, CNN reports.

The DOJ sent a letter to the state’s leaders Wednesday informing them they had until Monday to drop the law or face legal consequences. The letter claims HB2 violates Title IX and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. HB2 requires transgender people use the restroom that corresponds with the sex on their birth certificate and bans local governments from making LGBT ordinances. The law has been the source of national debate and multiple boycotts.

“I don’t think that three working days is enough time for such a pretty big threat,” McCrory told Fox News Sunday. “It’s the federal government being a bully, making law.”

Title IX of the Civil Rights Act prohibits educational discrimination on the basis of sex and Title VII prohibits employers from discriminating. If the state will not comply with the demands, it could lose millions of dollars in federal funds.

The battle began when Charlotte’s city council passed an ordinance allowing people to use the bathroom for the gender they choose. In response to the city’s ordinance, the state passed HB2. The ACLU, Lambda Legal, and the ACLU of North Carolina filed suit in late March saying the new law allows businesses to refuse to serve or hire LGBT people and leaves them no legal recourse. Now the DOJ is piling on which could leak to a lengthy legal battle.

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