Democracy
Earlier this year NC Sen. Thom Tillis said that the Mueller investigation should be protected and allowed to be completed. Even after Trump’s firing of Attorney General Jeff Sessions Tillis says he sees no need to protect the investigation. Senator Tillis should keep his promise and join Sen. Flake by refusing to confirm any more…
After losing their supermajorities in the House and Senate on Election Day, Republican lawmakers are holding a “lame duck” session on November 27, the week after Thanksgiving, to pass a voter ID law while Republicans still have their veto-proof majority. This is undemocratic and goes against the NCGOP’s entire reasoning for putting voter ID on…
North Carolina has made history by electing 8 black sheriffs one of them female. 7 of those sheriffs are in the largest counties in the state. Mecklenburg, Durham, Guilford, Forsyth, Cumberland, Buncombe, Wake, and Pitt counties. Election analysts and the winners said black candidates were propelled to office largely because they objected to hardline immigration…
Despite unconstitutional maps favoring Republicans, North Carolina voters sent a strong message that the GOP agenda of continued attacks on health care, cuts to public education, gutting of clean water rules, and reckless tax cuts for millionaires and big corporations is coming to an end. From WFMY: The balance of power in North Carolina shifted…
Another example of House Speaker Tim Moore’s blatant corruption. With veto-proof supermajorities in both legislative chambers (at least for now), Speaker Moore has repeatedly used his influence to obtain personal benefits for him and his cronies. Here’s a quick recap of the allegations against Moore so far: Corrupt chicken farm deal: Bought an abandoned chicken processing…
Retired Justice John Paul Stevens has said he doesn’t believe that Brett Kavanaugh is the right person for the job of Supreme Court justice. And it’s not just Justice Stevens. Add to that over 2,400 law professors who think Kavanaugh is not a good fit. Yet the Republican-dominated Senate is still trying to ram his…
The judicial appointments amendment is nothing more than a power play by this legislature to further strip the powers of our governor. Over the last 10 years, NC’s Republican-controlled legislature has had law after law struck down by the courts for being unconstitutional. They are now retaliating by trying to take control of the courts.…
Not just every living North Carolina governor, and every former State Supreme Court chief justice opposes these amendments. Leaders all across North Carolina oppose the deceptive, power-grabbing amendments. They agree they are a blank check for the legislature to mess with our state constitution. The people of North Carolina deserve better. From The Charlotte Observer:…
The six constitutional amendments on the ballot this November were intentionally written by state lawmakers to be vague and misleading. Lawmakers didn’t include enabling legislation for a reason — they want voters to give them a blank check to fill in the details after the election. From WTVD: Thursday as a small group of current…
These amendments give state legislative leaders a blank check to rewrite our system of checks and balances and permanently entrench their brand of partisan politics in our state constitution. Anyone who believes in our democratic system of checks and balances should vote no on all six amendments. From The Salisbury Post: Like so many people…