Govt Forces States to APPROVE Transgender Bathroom Rights – Issues THIS Threat If Not…

by Cassy Fiano | May 5, 2016 6:38 pm

Should presidents be able to use government funding to force states into following the president’s agenda? Apparently, the Obama administration thinks so.

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From The Political Insider:

Obama’s administration is not happy with the North Carolina bathroom law, and now claims the rule to keep men out of the women’s bathroom violates Federal civil rights laws.

Now, the Department of Justice has announced their plan to withdraw “hundreds of millions of dollars” in school funding if North Carolina implements their bathroom law (H.B. 2).

This is appalling!

A North Carolina law limiting protections to LGBT people violates federal civil rights protections and can’t be enforced, The U.S. Justice Department said Wednesday.
The Justice Department’s intervention puts the state in danger of losing hundreds of millions of dollars in federal school funding.

In a letter to Gov. Pat McCrory, the Justice Department put the state on notice that federal officials view the state law as violating federal Civil Rights Act protections barring workplace discrimination based on sex. Provisions of the state law directed at transgender state employees violate their anti-discrimination protections, the letter said.

McCrory has defended the state law, which limits legal protections to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. It also requires transgender people to use public bathrooms that conform to the sex on their birth certificate.

“The State is engaging in a pattern or practice of discrimination against transgender state employees and both you, in your official capacity, and the state are engaging in a pattern or practice of resistance” of their rights, the letter said.

The letter effectively serves as a warning to the state to proceed at its own peril or risk being sued. It has not been uncommon during the administration of President Barack Obama for the Justice Department to weigh in on hot-button civil rights issues. In March, the department sharply discouraged state court administrators from jailing defendants who can’t pay court fines for petty offenses. The letter to North Carolina doesn’t have the force of law, but it puts the state on notice that its actions are being watched and run afoul of federal civil rights laws.

The letter seeks confirmation by Monday that “the State will not comply with or implement H.B. 2, and that it has notified employees of the State and public agencies that, consistent with federal law, they are permitted to access bathrooms and other facilities consistent with their gender identity.”

It’s clear that Obama and his Justice Department are not shy about using their power to withhold federal dollars to force states to obey their far-left agenda. Compare that to sanctuary cities for illegal aliens… Even though they violate federal immigration law, the Obama administration encourages this behavior.

Well, if you had any doubt before, they should be completely gone. States rights are dead and gone.