Quote:North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory filed suit Monday against the Department of Justice in a bid to preserve the state’s controversial “bathroom” law, after the Obama administration said the policy violates the civil rights of transgender people.

The state was facing a Monday deadline set by the administration to respond to its demand that North Carolina either scrap the law or face legal action and risk losing federal funds.

McCrory refused, and instead filed suit.

"The Department’s position is a baseless and blatant overreach," the suit, filed in U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of North Carolina, says. "This is an attempt to unilaterally rewrite long-established federal civil rights laws in a manner that is wholly inconsistent with the intent of Congress and disregards decades of statutory interpretation by the Courts."

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/05/...cmp=hpbt1#

Good luck

The deadline set by the Fed's was completely (and probably intentionally) unrealistic. State law required more public notice for necessary meetings than provided. I heard a snippet of McCrory this morning discussing the matter and how the fed was bullying NC. McCrory requested until the end of the week to respond citing state laws about public notice for board of governors meetings and the justice department told him the only way they would get an extension is if McCrory came out and publicly acknowledged that the law was discriminatory.

Of course the Fed response is to hold a gun to the heads of NC school children by threatening to take away hundreds of millions in funds for public education, and to likewise threaten college kids and the municipalities that depend on public colleges by cutting funding by over $1B.

McCrory's response was dead on and once the bill is tweaked to conform to his executive order by allowing discrimination lawsiuts in state court the fed will have nothing to stand on.

This was a non-issue brought up by progressive democrats in Charlotte.

Just tie it up in court until Obama and Lynch are out of office.

(05-09-2016 10:18 AM)VA49er Wrote:  

Hmmmm...

A state is to Federal government as city is to state. Wait, thats entirely incorrect. State is to Federal government is not as a city is to state.

(05-09-2016 10:01 AM)200yrs2late Wrote:  The deadline set by the Fed's was completely (and probably intentionally) unrealistic. State law required more public notice for necessary meetings than provided. I heard a snippet of McCrory this morning discussing the matter and how the fed was bullying NC. McCrory requested until the end of the week to respond citing state laws about public notice for board of governors meetings and the justice department told him the only way they would get an extension is if McCrory came out and publicly acknowledged that the law was discriminatory.

Of course the Fed response is to hold a gun to the heads of NC school children by threatening to take away hundreds of millions in funds for public education, and to likewise threaten college kids and the municipalities that depend on public colleges by cutting funding by over $1B.

McCrory's response was dead on and once the bill is tweaked to conform to his executive order by allowing discrimination lawsiuts in state court the fed will have nothing to stand on.

This was a non-issue brought up by progressive democrats in Charlotte.

The NC legislature passed the hate bill in one day. They can repeal it in one day too.

(05-09-2016 10:25 AM)Tom in Lazybrook Wrote:  

(05-09-2016 10:01 AM)200yrs2late Wrote:  The deadline set by the Fed's was completely (and probably intentionally) unrealistic. State law required more public notice for necessary meetings than provided. I heard a snippet of McCrory this morning discussing the matter and how the fed was bullying NC. McCrory requested until the end of the week to respond citing state laws about public notice for board of governors meetings and the justice department told him the only way they would get an extension is if McCrory came out and publicly acknowledged that the law was discriminatory.

Of course the Fed response is to hold a gun to the heads of NC school children by threatening to take away hundreds of millions in funds for public education, and to likewise threaten college kids and the municipalities that depend on public colleges by cutting funding by over $1B.

McCrory's response was dead on and once the bill is tweaked to conform to his executive order by allowing discrimination lawsiuts in state court the fed will have nothing to stand on.

This was a non-issue brought up by progressive democrats in Charlotte.

The NC legislature passed the hate bill in one day. They can repeal it in one day too.

It will not be repealed. It will be tied up in court, and there will be more lawsuits.

This is nothing more than a tantrum being thrown on Obama & Lynch's way out the door. Once they are gone, it'll be back to hashtag activism on social media, and our kids will be safer.

McCrory has proven he was worth my vote dozens of times over. I could not be more proud of the job he's done, and that he's standing up to the insanely corrupt DOJ and our lame duck President. Even if it costs him re-election (which I'm not convinced it will) it will have been worth it. In time, McCrory will be looked back on as one of the best Governor's NC has ever had.

(05-09-2016 10:38 AM)ECUGrad07 Wrote:  McCrory has proven he was worth my vote dozens of times over. I could not be more proud of the job he's done, and that he's standing up to the insanely corrupt DOJ and our lame duck President. Even if it costs him re-election (which I'm not convinced it will) it will have been worth it. In time, McCrory will be looked back on as one of the best Governor's NC has ever had.

This. I certainly hope this manages to blow up in the libs faces. McCrory has been welcome change to Dumplin and Easley

(05-09-2016 10:25 AM)Tom in Lazybrook Wrote:  

(05-09-2016 10:01 AM)200yrs2late Wrote:  The deadline set by the Fed's was completely (and probably intentionally) unrealistic. State law required more public notice for necessary meetings than provided. I heard a snippet of McCrory this morning discussing the matter and how the fed was bullying NC. McCrory requested until the end of the week to respond citing state laws about public notice for board of governors meetings and the justice department told him the only way they would get an extension is if McCrory came out and publicly acknowledged that the law was discriminatory.

Of course the Fed response is to hold a gun to the heads of NC school children by threatening to take away hundreds of millions in funds for public education, and to likewise threaten college kids and the municipalities that depend on public colleges by cutting funding by over $1B.

McCrory's response was dead on and once the bill is tweaked to conform to his executive order by allowing discrimination lawsiuts in state court the fed will have nothing to stand on.

This was a non-issue brought up by progressive democrats in Charlotte.

The NC legislature passed the hate bill in one day. They can repeal it in one day too.

There is nothing hateful about the bill, and it won't be repealed. If the legislature was smart, they would remove the restrictions on suing in state court and be done with it.

(05-09-2016 10:01 AM)200yrs2late Wrote:  The deadline set by the Fed's was completely (and probably intentionally) unrealistic. State law required more public notice for necessary meetings than provided. I heard a snippet of McCrory this morning discussing the matter and how the fed was bullying NC. McCrory requested until the end of the week to respond citing state laws about public notice for board of governors meetings and the justice department told him the only way they would get an extension is if McCrory came out and publicly acknowledged that the law was discriminatory.

Of course the Fed response is to hold a gun to the heads of NC school children by threatening to take away hundreds of millions in funds for public education, and to likewise threaten college kids and the municipalities that depend on public colleges by cutting funding by over $1B.

McCrory's response was dead on and once the bill is tweaked to conform to his executive order by allowing discrimination lawsiuts in state court the fed will have nothing to stand on.

This was a non-issue brought up by progressive democrats in Charlotte.

Yet the bill was introduced and passed in less than 12 hours in a special session. The feds gave the state 4 days to respond. The state gave citizens of NC no time.

This is going to cost McCrory his job and he's already admitted that it probably will. I will give him kudos for sticking to his guns and destroying his political career, even if I disagree with him.

So the state has no money for teacher raises, but money for this?

Good move on the Governors part. Obama will be gone when this is settled.

(05-09-2016 11:23 AM)Fo Shizzle Wrote:  Good move on the Governors part. Obama will be gone when this is settled.

The optics of this are AWFUL for the NC GOP. They are now suing to enact discriminatory laws.

(05-09-2016 11:29 AM)Tom in Lazybrook Wrote:  

(05-09-2016 11:23 AM)Fo Shizzle Wrote:  Good move on the Governors part. Obama will be gone when this is settled.

The optics of this are AWFUL for the NC GOP. They are now suing to enact discriminatory laws.

You are entitled to your opinion.

(05-09-2016 10:56 AM)fsquid Wrote:  So the state has no money for teacher raises, but money for this?

False, McCrory has pitched a 5% increase in salary and an average 3.5% bonus this year.

(05-09-2016 11:29 AM)Tom in Lazybrook Wrote:  

(05-09-2016 11:23 AM)Fo Shizzle Wrote:  Good move on the Governors part. Obama will be gone when this is settled.

The optics of this are AWFUL for the NC GOP. They are now suing to enact discriminatory laws.

Only it isn't a discriminatory law. Your opinion, no matter how often you repeat it, is not fact.

(05-09-2016 11:42 AM)200yrs2late Wrote:  

(05-09-2016 10:56 AM)fsquid Wrote:  So the state has no money for teacher raises, but money for this?

False, McCrory has pitched a 5% increase in salary and an average 3.5% bonus this year.

Only a decade late.

(05-09-2016 11:44 AM)200yrs2late Wrote:  

(05-09-2016 11:29 AM)Tom in Lazybrook Wrote:  

(05-09-2016 11:23 AM)Fo Shizzle Wrote:  Good move on the Governors part. Obama will be gone when this is settled.

The optics of this are AWFUL for the NC GOP. They are now suing to enact discriminatory laws.

Only it isn't a discriminatory law. Your opinion, no matter how often you repeat it, is not fact.

It endorses and protects firing of LGBT persons from their jobs, simply because they are LGBT. It humiliates Trans persons and puts their safety at grave risk for assault.

The entire purpose of the law is to further discrimination.