RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal judge has temporarily ruled that the University of North Carolina can’t block two transgender students and an employee from using bathrooms that match their gender identity.
U.S. District Judge Thomas Schroeder on Friday partially granted a preliminary injunction to the students and the employee in response to their lawsuit challenging a state law limiting protections for LGBT people.
The judge says the injunction only applies to the plaintiffs, but said he also expects them to succeed in their claim that the law known as H.B. 2 violates the federal Title IX law, which bars sex discrimination in schools.
His decision represents a win for the ACLU and Justice Department, which had sued to block the law.
His final decision on the law won’t come until after a November trial.
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Associated Press Writer Emery P. Dalesio contributed to this report.
No, no, no, no, no! I mean, that’s great and all, but I hope it doesn’t fire up the idiots and give Shawshank Warden another term. His replacement would repeal all of HB2.
This is why this election is so important: The Federal Judiciary
The steady drip, drip, drip of the death of the GOP.
Let’s open the faucet all the way this November, starting with Teabagger McCrory.
Note to oligarchs trying to control the system: When selecting your puppets, make sure they don’t default to foot-in-mouth position when your fist isn’t up their ass.
The “states’ rights” people love local control - unless they have to share down with liberal cities.