An override stamp on legislation limiting LGBTQ+ classroom instruction in the early grades on Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Hannah Schoenbaum)

Last Wednesday, the General Assembly overrode two of Gov. Roy Cooper’s vetoes to enact laws that restrict transgender youth—continuing a trend sweeping Republican-run states.

It’s unclear, however, whether either will pass constitutional muster.   […]

Jeffrey Billman is a politics and law reporter for The Assembly. The former editor-in-chief of INDY in Durham, he holds a master's degree in public policy analysis from the University of Central Florida.

Michael Hewlett is a courts and law reporter for The Assembly. He was previously a legal affairs reporter at the Winston-Salem Journal and has won two Henry Lee Weathers Freedom of Information Awards.