The state of Texas sued the Biden administration on Sept. 20 over guidance issued this summer requiring employers to make certain exceptions for transgender workers. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed the lawsuit (pdf) against the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the commission’s chair Charlotte Burrows, and Attorney General Merrick Garland. Paxton argues that theĀ guidance issued by the EEOC on June 15 this year “misstates the law” and that “Burrows did not even have authority to issue it.” “Texas and its constituent agencies, including the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA), have the sovereign right to set their own policies on bathroom usage, dress codes, and pronoun usage within their workplaces,” the lawsuit states. “The June 15 Guidance is invalid on its face.” The EEOC and the Department of Justice did not respond to requests for comment. On June 15, the EEOC issued a guidance document related to the recent Supreme Court …