The US Justice Department informed North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory that HB2 is illegal. This is the state law that prevents localities from enacting ordinances to prohibit discrimination and that requires people to use the bathroom that matches the gender on their birth certificate.
This was a foolish bill from the start because it is unenforceable. Who will monitor the genitals of those who use public bathrooms? Will citizens be required to carry copies of their birth certificate?
The federal government theoretically could cut off all federal aid to NC, a sum in the billions.
Diane Ravitch's blog 
Between this warning and the threats of boycott, or companies pulling projects out of the state, it seems the go-to reaction against bigotry is hitting the wallets of the states.
Unfortunately, for the most part logical, justice and ethical concerns hold little sway in the US today. Dollars walk bullshit talks, or something to that effect at least according to economists, eh!
The early years of the 20th century were the Progressive Era….
Are we now, in the early years of the 21st century, the REgressive Era?….
Either that or the AGgressive Era (or maybe both)
It was a Trojan Horse. Why does nobody ever look behind the headlines?
https://www.propublica.org/article/why-north-carolinas-new-anti-lgbt-law-is-a-trojan-horse
Da tar baby!
CPSdoc,
I posted a few days ago that NC HB2’s anti-gay front diverted attention from its anti-worker provisions.
A Davidson grad speaks wisely on the subject. Oh, and he was once governor of NC.
http://www.higheredworksfoundation.org/2016/05/gov-martin-hb2/
So Charlotte takes steps to protect transgender people and they are the guilty party? And that’s wisdom?
Is it true, as the article implies, that the NC legislature never would have passed a bill that permitted discrimination against LGBTs if Charlotte’s ordinance did not include the restroom rights provision? I’m not familiar with the history, but I’m skeptical, given the recent surge in “religious freedom restoration” laws in states.
“An exercise in politics got caught up in politics. Charlotte City Council wanted an ordinance sought by LGBT voters, and finally, after the recent election, had a majority to adopt it. Most important was extending anti-discrimination rights based on sexual preferences and orientations. Then, against cautionary advice from legislators, the Governor, and even supportive editors, they went ‘one bridge too far.'”