Faced with defeat, North Carolina Republicans want to change the rules

[Judi Lynn]

The power-hungry Republicans in North Carolina have undermined the governor and now look to influence the courts

CHARLIE MAY
10.19.2017•3:23 PM

Republicans in North Carolina hold a strong grip on the state legislature and have sought to limit the powers of the Democratic governor, as well as institute strict voting laws, presumable to prevent further Democratic wins at the ballot box. But after several recent rejections in the courts, the GOP in the Tar Heel state has shifted its agenda to seize control of the judiciary.

As of this year, judges in North Carolina's state courts are required to identify their party affiliation on voting ballots. As The New York Times pointed out, North Carolina was the first state to implement such a requirement in nearly a century.

In response, the Republican-led General Assembly stripped the state's Democratic governor of his power to name replacements for retiring Republican judges by reducing the size of the state Court of Appeals, the Times reported.

"Instead of changing the way they write their laws, they want to change the judges," Gov. Roy Cooper told the Times.

More:
https://www.salon.com/2017/10/19/faced-with-defeat-north-carolina-republicans-want-to-change-the-rules/

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