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SD AG Says President Obama Is Overstepping His Authority

SD AG Says President Obama Is Overstepping His Authority

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President Obama last week issued a letter establishing a requirement that every public school district in the country allow transgender students to use the bathrooms and locker rooms that match the student’s chosen gender identity.  South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley says he believes the president is overstepping his authority

Jackley says he will take a wait-and-see approach

Jackley says he has been talking to officials from other states about the letter from the president

Jackley says this is an issue that each state should determine.

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