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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at a rally at the University of California, Riverside, in Riverside, Calif. A State Department audit has faulted
Hillary Clinton and previous top U.S. diplomats for poorly managing information and slowly responding to new cybersecurity risks. (AP Photo/John Locher)
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11 States Sue Over Obama School Transgender DirectiveÂ
PAUL J. WEBER ordinated and visible legal threat to safety while be- escalation in the fast-mov- coming the civil rights issue
Associated Press challenges by states over
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas the socially divisive issue of ing accused of discrimina- ing dispute over what is be- of the day.q
and 10 other states are su- bathroom rights for trans-
ing the Obama administra- gender persons. tion by supporters of trans-
tion over its directive toU.S. The Obama administra-
public schools to let trans- tion has “conspired to turn gender rights. U.S. Attorney
gender students use the workplace and educa-
bathrooms and locker tional settings across the General Loretta Lynch has
rooms that match their country into laboratories
gender identity. for a massive social experi- previously said “there is
The lawsuit announced ment, flouting the demo-
Wednesday includes Okla- cratic process, and running no room in our schools for
homa, Alabama, Wiscon- roughshod over common-
sin, West Virginia, Tennes- sense policies protecting discrimination.â€The White
see, Maine, Arizona, Loui- children and basic privacy
siana, Utah and Georgia. rights,†the lawsuit reads. House had no comment
It asks a North Texas fed- Many of the conservative
eral court to declare the states involved had pre- on the lawsuit. The Justice
directive unlawful in what viously vowed defiance,
ranks among the most co- calling the guidance a Department said it would
review the complaint and
did not comment further.
Texas’ lieutenant gover-
nor has previously said the
state is willing to forfeit $10
billion in federal education Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton walks away af-
ter announcing Texas’ lawsuit to challenge President Obama’s
dollars rather than comply. transgender bathroom order during a news conference in Austin,
The directive from the U.S.
Justice and Education De- Texas, Wednesday May 25, 2016.
partments represents an (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)