Republican Power Grab In NC Shot Down By The Courts

By Samuel Warde on North Carolina Legislative Coup, North Carolina Legislative Power Grab, North Carolina Republican led power grab, North Carolina State Election Board, Pat McCrory, Roy Cooper, separation of powers The Courts

Described as an assault on democracy itself, most of North Carolina’s legislative attack on the powers of the new Democratic Governor ruled unconstitutional. Slate reports that “On Friday, a North Carolina state court ruled that most of the Republican-dominated legislature’s December power grab—which stripped authority from the incoming Democratic governor—violated the state constitution. The three-judge […]