Atty Gen. Lynch fires back at North Carolina with counter-suit. Breaking now...

[ChisolmTrailDem]

United States Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced Monday that the Department of Justice has filed a suit against the State of North Carolina for civil rights violations following the passing by that state's legislature in a single day of House Bill 2, or HB2, which requires people to use public restroom facilities based not on their gender self-identification, but rather their gender at birth.

In a dramatic press conference Monday afternoon, a visibly livid AG Lynch excoriated North Carolina and charged the state with ‘state-sponsored discrimination’ and threatened the North Carolina Department of Public Safety as well as the University of North Carolina with pulling their federal funding.

Story continues to develop...link to follow...

[eridani]

1. Loretta Lynch just delivered an epic, must-watch speech that'll go down in history.

http://www.upworthy.com/loretta-lynch-just-delivered-an-epic-must-watch-speech-thatll-go-down-in-history?c=upw1

It's pretty rare that a Department of Justice press conference will bring people to tears — today was a rare and historic exception.

The question is how they will run.

Today, Attorney General Loretta Lynch issued a formal response to HB2, North Carolina's anti-transgender law.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

2. Great article, eridani, yes it was very moving to see such a strong response from AG Lynch and...

...DOJ.

Thanks for posting the link to this article, eridani!

I've been busy the past couple of days...has N. Carolina responded to the DOJ counter-suit?