ShootSpeeders
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This should NOT be settled by unelected federal judges. The tenth amendment clearly makes this an issue for STATE legislatures to settle. The supremes should say - we have no jurisdiction.
US Supreme Court to decide 'battle of the toilets'
oct 28 2016 Washington (AFP) - The US Supreme Court said Friday that it will decide which bathrooms should be used by transgender people, a highly sensitive question with national political resonance.
The case involves 17-year-old Gavin Grimm, who was born a female but identifies as a male. Grimm filed suit to be allowed to use the boys' bathroom at his high school in Gloucester County, Virginia.
Arguments in the politically charged question will be heard between now and late June, making it easily one of the highest-profile cases set for the court's current term.
The Obama administration has said public schools should grant access to toilets and locker rooms based on the gender with which a student identifies, not the birth gender.
Federal authorities, seeking to fight discrimination, have threatened school systems with a loss of federal funds if they fail to comply.
But more than a dozen Republican-controlled states, bitterly opposed to that approach, are challenging the federal government in court.