Comments on: Discriminatory Bathroom Law Also Worsens Economic Inequality

By: Justmom

Justmom — Sun, 22 May 2016 17:52:00 +0000

This is all blowback from the stupid Jim crow laws. The federal government should have simply declared them unconstitutional but no, in typical federal over reach we got the civil rights act in 64 which was just another breach of privacy property rights of individuals and businesses. Now we have every crybaby wanting to sue for discrimination so we need everyone to have their very own protected class. It’s killing businesses and eliminating jobs for everyone.

It is the right of every individual to discriminate as they see fit. It is only the Government that must not be allowed to discriminate nor can it tell private citizens nor businesses not to discriminate or to discriminate.

The government needs to stop making everything a crime or one day we will all be in jail. Ridiculous.

By: Adam

Adam — Sun, 22 May 2016 16:28:00 +0000

In reply to Adam. King v. Town of Chapel Hill, 367 N.C. 400 (2014) provides a good overview of local government authority in NC and likely forecasts how a city ordinance setting a minimum wage would be struck down.

By: Adam

Adam — Sun, 22 May 2016 16:03:00 +0000

Even before HB2, North Carolina local governments likely didn’t have the legal authority to pass the policies described above. NC cities do not have “home rule” powers, so the state has to grant specific authority to cities to do anything. All HB2 did was make it 100% clear that cities can’t go there. This author didn’t take the time to realize it, but they are advocating for a major change to NC government, not a repeal of HB2. Take a look at the non-partisan UNC School of Government’s explaination at http://canons.sog.unc.edu/is-north-carolina-a-dillons-rule-state/.