TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Amelia Ferrell Knisely on May 9, 2016

The Washington Post reports the state of North Carolina and the Justice Department filed dueling lawsuits over a state law that bans transgender people from using bathrooms that do not match the gender on their birth certificates. The suits come five days after the Justice Department sent a letter to North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory asking the state to abandon the law. The Justice Department said the law violates civil rights, while the state contends the law is not discriminatory.