>>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.
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>I basically agree, and that is sort of my point.
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>So far the reaction from the feds has been pretty silly.
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>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.
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>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).

I agree.
The case I saw involved millions of dollars and the plaintiffs had clearly been denied employment over decades for racial reasons.
I don't see the feds stepping in because someone couldn't get a pizza.