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11 States sue over public school Transgender Directive
11 states have sued the U.S. government over the Justice Department's directive that forces public schools to allow transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms that align with their gender identity. The states include Texas, Oklahoma, Alabama, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Tennessee, Maine, Arizona, Louisiana, Utah and Georgia.
The Department of Education is also involved. It threatened to withhold billions in federal education funding if schools did not comply with the "anti-discriminatory" policies.
If you ask me, the argument in this case shouldn't be over whether or not it is right to allow transgender people to use the bathroom that aligns with their identity. Any of the states that go to court and try to fight the directive that way are likely to lose, especially with the Department of Education playing hardball with the funding. No, the argument ought to be over the executive branch's authority to pass down legislative directives such as these.
This has been a pretty common occurrence for the past few administrations. While Congress pisses away billions of dollars worth of legislation, the executive branch takes the pilot's seat and uses the Cabinet to force itself into a greater position of power. Congress isn't entirely blameless. They're the ones who handed cash to the executive branch -- the same branch that uses that cash to threaten states into complicity.
It's a blatant case of executive overreach. It's also another reason why Presidential elections are becoming such high-stakes games. If the President holds major legislative power, it becomes pretty important for your ideological camp to hold the office. If you ask me, it's this expansion of executive power that has led to the rise of people like Trump. Instead of electing somebody who will play ball with Congress and the Court, it's more important to elect somebody who will take direct action that's more or less in your side's favor.
[b]TL;DR[/b] - Don't argue over the directive's content. The major problem is that the Department of Justice is allowed to assert itself in such a direct and authoritative way.
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2 Replies[quote] i said BPA and endocrine disruptors have been proven scientifically to fuk with hormones and the entry into pubescent stage. if a MAN takes enough estrogen he will grow LADY BOOBS his mental state will change to be more emotional due to hormonal imbalance and he will grow less body hair: thats how gender transition via HORMONES works wanna know what BPA is? its [b][i][u]SYNTHETIC ESTROGEN FIRST INVENTED AS A FAILED BIRTH CONTROL[/u][/i][/b] whether you accept it or not Science and Chemistry actually work; if you take endocrine disrupters between ages of 6-28 it will severely alter your brain and body chemistry; that is proven scientific fact. dnt take my word for it; feel free to read; http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/topics/agents/endocrine/ https://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/materials/endocrine_disruptors_508.pdf http://www.ewg.org/research/dirty-dozen-list-endocrine-disruptors https://www.nrdc.org/stories/9-ways-avoid-hormone-disrupting-chemicals http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/221205.php http://www.cleanandhealthyme.org/bodyofevidencereport/thechemicals/bisphenolahormonedisrupter/tabid/99/default.aspx http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2013/11/13/worst-endocrine-disruptors.aspx http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/pub/2010/1/assessing-risks-from-bisphenol-a/1 http://health.usnews.com/health-news/patient-advice/articles/2015/09/10/from-ddt-to-bpa-how-do-endocrine-disrupting-chemicals-affect-our-health http://attainfertility.com/article/bpa-toxin https://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/chemicals/endocrine.html http://healthandenvironment.org/?module=uploads&func=download&fileId=550 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1472648313000692 http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/geopedia/Bisphenol_A http://www.bisphenol-a-europe.org/index.php?page=endocrine http://www.breastcancerfund.org/clear-science/radiation-chemicals-and-breast-cancer/bisphenol-a.html http://www.hhs.gov/asl/testify/2010/02/t20100225a.html https://www.pediatrics.emory.edu/centers/pehsu/concern/disruptor.html https://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/topics/topic/eas http://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/more-evidence-chemicals-linked-obesity-diabetes-group-says-n434981 specifically on the note of endocrine disrupters and puberty; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19478717 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016648014004225 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/6657771_Developmental_exposure_to_environmental_endocrine_disruptors_Consequences_within_the_ovary_and_on_female_reproductive_function_Reprod_Toxicol https://www.researchgate.net/publication/26866658_Endocrine_disruption_and_ovarian_morphometric_responses_in_rats_following_exposure_to_tetradifon http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=endocrine+disruptors+effects+on+puberty&hl=en&as_sdt=0&as_vis=1&oi=scholart&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi169TJ9_zMAhWIej4KHYr5CeYQgQMIGDAA http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3065309/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2726844/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23485241 this junk is not secret nor a conspiracy; it is very heavily studied and tested results of scientific study of chemical hormonal disruptors and their ingested and contact effects on the biological functions of the human body im not arguing the politics of it at all; just stating as a scientific proven fact; endocrine disrupters lower the age of puberty in humans specifically more so in women; http://www.cwhn.ca/en/node/39365 http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2014/12/02/367811777/how-girls-are-developing-earlier-in-an-age-of-new-puberty http://health.usnews.com/health-news/health-wellness/articles/2015/04/17/why-kids-are-hitting-puberty-earlier-than-ever https://www.healthychildren.org/English/ages-stages/gradeschool/puberty/Pages/Physical-Development-Girls-What-to-Expect.aspx and endocrine disrupters severely mess with both hormonal and neurological balances of natural chemicals produced by the body which is shown in nearly every link above which also has very real effects on psychological health and sex drive.[/quote] it wasn't a joke and its quite very real and an actual problem we must adapt to or overcome so who's gonna sue the chemical companies partially responsible for actually fuk'n up the physiology, hormonal balance, and psychological health of the nation?
