>During the 1970's, I was an officer of a company that did business in many states, including NC.
>That company, along with several others, was the target of a federal action charging racial discrimination in hiring, specifically in NC.
>The case was settled by negotiation with the Feds and the plaintiffs.
>The state and local authorities, who would have had quite different views than the feds, had nothing to say about it.


I basically agree, and that is sort of my point.

So far the reaction from the feds has been pretty silly.

By contrast...let's take these "heartbeat", "personhood" bills that have originated in certain parts of the country (the ones that seek to outlaw abortion after 8 weeks, 10 weeks, etc). The feds have always vowed (rightly) to strike those down as unconstitutional because of specific language in Roe v Wade and Planned Parenthood v Casey. To my knowledge, the feds have prevailed every time with federal judges striking down the personhood/heartbeat language.

It's far less likely you'll see that here (unless you have state judges in NC taking a wild interpretation of the new NC laws).

Let's remember that the NC laws started because of actions that the city of Charlotte attempted to take - city actions that a strong majority of citizens opposed.