On Friday, Governor McCrory Responded to the Obama Mandate on Public Schools allowing students to use the bathroom of the gender that they identify.  Governor Pat McCrory released the following statement regarding the Obama administration's mandate on public schools:  "President Obama's administration has instituted federally mandated edicts that affect employees as well as every parent and child within a public school system. This national bathroom, locker room and shower policy for almost every business, university and now K-12 school in our country changes generations of gender etiquette and privacy norms which parents, children and employees have expected in the most personal and private settings of their everyday lives."  The Governor also said, "Most Americans, including this governor, believe that government is searching for a solution to a problem that has yet to be defined. Now, both the federal courts and the U.S. Congress must intercede to stop this massive executive branch overreach, which clearly oversteps constitutional authority."  Governor McCrory also said that the executive branch of the federal government does not have the authority to be the final arbiter.