The words 'Civil' and 'Republican' have been at odds with each other for past 30 years.
Republican Rep. Steve King of Iowa on Tuesday called for civil disobedience in response to the Obama administration’s guidance to public schools that they cannot discriminate against transgender students in settings like restrooms and locker rooms.
“We should call for civil disobedience here,” King told Simon Conway of Iowa radio station WHO. “And there’s no reason for us to follow an unconstitutional edict from the president, who is on his way out the door.”
King, who has previously said he plans to hold hearings on the guidance, is among a group of Republican officials, including North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory, to argue that the administration’s action constitutes executive overreach. Though the guidance doesn’t have the force of law, the Obama administration asserts that Title IX of the Education Act of 1972 includes transgender people in its ban on discrimination on the basis of sex. Cont.
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