Brad Little, right, speaks with supporters at the Republican Party Election Headquarters in Boise, ... [+] Idaho on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Matt Cilley) ASSOCIATED PRESSThe governor of Idaho set his state on a collision course with the courts Monday evening, by signing two controversial bills into law. House Bill 500 forbids transgender girls from competing in school sports with girls who are cisgender — which means not transgender. This new law will likely face a court challenge since a federal court ruled in 2018 that a prior Idaho law that banned transgender people from changing the gender marker on their birth certificates was unconstitutional. The Human Rights Commission calls both laws unconstitutional, promising they will result in litigation at the cost of the Idaho taxpayer during the worst pandemic in the history of the world.

Source: Forbes March 31, 2020 02:05 UTC