NC, Justice Department exchange legal fire over ‘bathroom’ law

RALEIGH, N.C. – North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory, facing a Monday ultimatum from President Barack Obama's Justice Department over enforcing a law requiring citizens to use bathrooms and changing rooms that correspond with their biological sex, responded by suing the department. Later that afternoon, the Justice Department punched back, filing a lawsuit that aims to make good on a threat to halt the flow of federal aid to the Tar Heel State if McCrory refuses to reverse course on its so-called ba

RALEIGH, N.C. – North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory, facing a Monday ultimatum from President Barack Obama's Justice Department over enforcing a law requiring citizens to use bathrooms and changing rooms that correspond with their biological sex, responded by suing the department. Later that afternoon, the Justice Department punched back, filing a lawsuit that aims to make good on a threat to halt the flow of federal aid to the Tar Heel State if McCrory refuses to reverse course on its so-called ba…