this is hunlly significant. she went against the attorney general, they went against the president and she lost. she did. she said she would listen to his cabinet secretaries but not now. and donald trump has made a big show saying he s a different kind of republican whether it comes to lgbt rights. devos came on early to back this, she apparently refused to do so, kicked it up to the president, very contentious oval office meet wrg she tried to stand her ground on the issue of guy rights, she apparently lost that power struggle to attorney general from alabama who successfully argued for states rights when it comes to these civil rights. and here s the thing, this actually goes against what the president said during the campaign. i mean, let s just be clear. there was the whole discussion about the north carolina bathroom bill, donald trump talked about transgender bathrooms and here s what he said. there have been very few complaints the way it is. people go, they use the b
here in the early days with jeff sessions and betsy devos. thank you very much. and it certainly is because she s imbattled on social media an incredibly controversial figure. interesting that she went against the president on this by the way in a direction a lot of those who support her would support. paul call lin our legal analyst. paul, let me start with you. by sending this back to the states, that means that in certain states those protection dollars will be gone, right. it is the bottom line because this is a very important letter, the letter that was sent by the obama administration saying that certain protections had to be extended to transgender children in the letter says forget about that, rescind it, we re not taking that position. now, the federal courts can still get involved in this and i think they will down the line, but at least from the standpoint of the department of education and justice, they re saying we re leaving this to the states. all right. john, but