House Bill 2 Case Summary
Summary of the case
Charlotte City Council filed a case to ensure that visitors, workers, and residents will not be discriminated from any aspect. Governor McCrory signed House Bill 2 that blocked the local governments from passing act with nondiscrimination defending for the LGBT citizens and needs transgender citizens to use bathrooms and locker rooms that align with their biological sex. Based on the case, the Charlotte City Council approved the suggested amendments to the city’s Nondiscrimination Ordinances on February 22, 2016. The amendments added family status, gender expression, sexual orientation, gender identity, and marital status to the list of the protected traits in the previous Nondiscrimination Ordinances. However, the Nondiscrimination …show more content…
Instead, the North Carolina law launches a floor for the nondiscrimination ordinances throughout the city on all the populace it protects (Johnson, 2004). In this case, the House Bill 2 is not constitutional because there is no federal judge in the U.S. that would take the contention seriously. Although the bill was written by the legislature and the governor approved it through his signature, the bill can be considered unconstitutional because it was an emergencey session that had required enough time to be approved. As a governor, the signing can be defended by having a talk regarding the privacy in using the locker rooms.
The House Bill 2 is a direct and a distinctive response from the legislature to Charlotte’s widening of the previous rights to the transgendered, lesbian, and gay. In this case, when the government deprives a particular minority group’s rights that are enjoyed by other citizens, the government will be considered to be violating the rights of the minority people in the society. Based, the case, the bill is violating the rights of the minority people in the city. Therefore, the government should reconsider amending the group to avoid discrimination of a single group of people in the
Charlotte City Council filed a case to ensure that visitors, workers, and residents will not be discriminated from any aspect. Governor McCrory signed House Bill 2 that blocked the local governments from passing act with nondiscrimination defending for the LGBT citizens and needs transgender citizens to use bathrooms and locker rooms that align with their biological sex. Based on the case, the Charlotte City Council approved the suggested amendments to the city’s Nondiscrimination Ordinances on February 22, 2016. The amendments added family status, gender expression, sexual orientation, gender identity, and marital status to the list of the protected traits in the previous Nondiscrimination Ordinances. However, the Nondiscrimination …show more content…
Instead, the North Carolina law launches a floor for the nondiscrimination ordinances throughout the city on all the populace it protects (Johnson, 2004). In this case, the House Bill 2 is not constitutional because there is no federal judge in the U.S. that would take the contention seriously. Although the bill was written by the legislature and the governor approved it through his signature, the bill can be considered unconstitutional because it was an emergencey session that had required enough time to be approved. As a governor, the signing can be defended by having a talk regarding the privacy in using the locker rooms.
The House Bill 2 is a direct and a distinctive response from the legislature to Charlotte’s widening of the previous rights to the transgendered, lesbian, and gay. In this case, when the government deprives a particular minority group’s rights that are enjoyed by other citizens, the government will be considered to be violating the rights of the minority people in the society. Based, the case, the bill is violating the rights of the minority people in the city. Therefore, the government should reconsider amending the group to avoid discrimination of a single group of people in the