“That (Gov.) McCrory would seek out this wrong-side-of-history position reveals a lot about the fractured and desperate state of the Republican Party.”
"This is an important issue that people are interested in. The (Supreme Court) isn't going to want to have conflict on this issue for very long," says Katharine Bartlett, a Duke law professor and former dean at the school.
The standoff has echoes of the federal government’s battle with states over desegregation more than half a century ago, when school systems across the South refused to follow the landmark 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education court order that they desegregate -- until the federal government threatened to cut off education funds, says Jane Wettach, an education law expert.
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The lesson of HB 2: We are different, but equal
Doriane Lambelet Coleman writing in The News & Observer
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North Carolina Republicans vs. NCAA basketball
Jedediah Purdy in The New Yorker
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Duke professors predict future of House Bill 2 after federal injunction
The Chronicle
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N.C. case unaffected by Texas transgender ruling
ABC News
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How HB 2 provides a window into the complexities of public policymaking in a federalist system
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Transgender rights and the end of the new South
“That (Gov.) McCrory would seek out this wrong-side-of-history position reveals a lot about the fractured and desperate state of the Republican Party.”
The New Yorker
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Understanding what it means to be transgender
The News & Observer
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North Carolina’s bathroom law: Where does it go now?
"This is an important issue that people are interested in. The (Supreme Court) isn't going to want to have conflict on this issue for very long," says Katharine Bartlett, a Duke law professor and former dean at the school.
CNN.com
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The response of religious communities to HB2
WUNC’s “The State of Things”
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North Carolina says it will defy Justice Department over LGBT law
The standoff has echoes of the federal government’s battle with states over desegregation more than half a century ago, when school systems across the South refused to follow the landmark 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education court order that they desegregate -- until the federal government threatened to cut off education funds, says Jane Wettach, an education law expert.
The Los Angeles Times