Kansas is latest U.S. state to challenge Obama transgender directive

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

World | Wed Jun 1, 2016 5:37pm EDT

Kansas is latest U.S. state to challenge Obama transgender directive

BY SUZANNAH GONZALES

Kansas vowed on Wednesday to sue the Obama administration over a directive telling U.S. public schools to allow transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms that correspond with their gender identities.

The announcement by Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt made the state the 13th to wade into an acrimonious debate about the rights of transgender Americans. It comes a day after a federal appeals court refused to reconsider its ruling that gave a Virginia transgender high-school student access to the bathroom of his gender identity.

The court's decision "means our only option is to pursue a more direct challenge to the Obama administration's unlawful efforts to unilaterally rewrite Title IX," Schmidt, a Republican, said in a statement.

President Barack Obama's administration on May 13 told U.S. public schools that transgender students must be allowed to use the bathroom of their choice, upsetting Republicans and paving the way for fights over federal funding and legal authority.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-kansas-lgbt-idUSKCN0YN5XD

[redstatebluegirl]

1. Just like Oklahoma, they can't pay their bills, schools are in danger but we can

keep on trying to legislate morality. Idiots!

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

2. I keep seeing articles that include Maine in this law suit, but that is not accurate

"LePage spokesman Peter Steele said Wednesday afternoon that Maine is not a plaintiff in the suit but that the governor has signed on to it "pro se," which means on his own personal behalf."

"Maine Attorney General Janet Mills said she was not consulted about the case and without that consultation, Maine cannot be a plaintiff in the case and LePage cannot join it in any official capacity.

"Maine law required approval of the attorney general for anyone other than the attorney general to file an entry of appearance or represent the state in any legal matter, and our approval was not obtained in this case," said Tim Feeley, a spokesman for Mills. "The governor's position in this particular matter, moreover, appears to be inconsistent with the law of Maine as enunciated by the Maine supreme court.""


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