Republicans are reducing the power of the NC governor who is a Democrat

The North Carolina General Assembly’s GOP supermajority just approved a hugely corrupt power grab, seizing authority from the governor and the courts to prevent any meaningful check on legislative abuses. Authoritarian stuff. A very dark day for democracy in NC. amp.newsobserver.com/news/politic…

— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjsdc.bsky.social) 2024-12-02T22:41:39.722Z

Cooper and Stein filed this new motion in an ongoing lawsuit challenging SB 749, a similar law that gave the governor's power to appoint state election board members to the North Carolina Legislature. A state court struck down SB 749 in March for violating the NC Constitution.

— Democracy Docket (@democracydocket.com) 2025-01-03T17:15:43.676Z