Texas

Obama’s Transgender Edict Enjoined Nationwide by Federal District Court in Texas

August 22, 2016 by Mark Pulliam

In a 38-page decision dated August 21, but released today, Judge Reed O’Connor of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued a nationwide injunction against the Obama administration’s edict — in the form of a “Dear Colleagues” memo — that recipients of federal funds grant access to bathrooms, locker rooms, and showers to transgender individuals.

Read more at National Review 

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