North Carolina sues federal government over LGBT 'bathroom bill' warnings
- 8 years ago
North Carolina governor Pat McCrory filed a lawsuit Monday against the Justice Department, asking a federal court to state that its so-called “bathroom law” is not discriminatory.
In the complaint, McCrory accused the federal government of “baseless and blatant overreach.”
“This is an attempt to unilaterally rewrite long-established federal civil rights laws,” the lawsuit stated.
McCrory had previously said that he would respond on Monday to the Justice Department’s request that he abandon the law, which bans transgender people from using bathrooms that don’t match the gender on their birth certificates.
In the complaint, McCrory accused the federal government of “baseless and blatant overreach.”
“This is an attempt to unilaterally rewrite long-established federal civil rights laws,” the lawsuit stated.
McCrory had previously said that he would respond on Monday to the Justice Department’s request that he abandon the law, which bans transgender people from using bathrooms that don’t match the gender on their birth certificates.