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Obama says transgender bathroom directive based on law

Republicans have blasted the directive as executive branch overreach, and more than a dozen states have sued the Obama administration to block it.
President Barack Obama delivers the commencement address at the 2016 class U.S. Air Force Academy, June 2, 2016, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Photo by Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP)
President Barack Obama delivers the commencement address at the 2016 class U.S. Air Force Academy, June 2, 2016, in Colorado Springs, Colo.
By Jeff Mason, Jeff Mason and Reuters, Reuters
Signs are posted outside the Santee High School's gender neutral restrooms at their campus in Los Angeles, California on May 4, 2016.